Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase %I% %G% SMI This information is Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems 1. Introduction
    1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
	 xstream
    1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
	 Author:  Vivek R. Titarmare
    1.3  Date of This Document:
	 21 January, 2009

2. Project Summary
   2.1 Project Description

       XStream is a simple library to serialize objects to XML and back again.

4. Technical Description:

	The architecture of XStream consists of the four main components:

	1)Converters

		Whenever XStream encounters an object that needs to be
		converted to/from XML, it delegates to a suitable
		Converter implementation associated with the class of
		that Object.
	
	2)Drivers (Writer and Reader)
	
		XStream is abstracted from the underlying XML data using
		the HierarchicalStreamWriter  and HierarchicalStreamReader
		interfaces for serializing and deserializing respectively.

	3)Context

		When XStream serializes or deserializes some objects, it
		creates a MarshallingContext or UnmarshallingContext, which
		handle the traversing of the data and delegation to the
		necessary Converters.

	4)Facade

		The main XStream class is typically used as the entry point.
		This assembles the necessary components of XStream (Context,
		Converter, Writer/Reader and ClassMapper) and provides a
		simple to use API for common operations.
		XStream class is just a facade - it can always be bypassed for
		more advanced operations.

Packages 						Notes
====================================================================================================
com.thoughtworks.xstream   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.alias   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic 	Converters for common basic types in Java. 
com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections Converters for collection objects that write their items as nested elements, such as arrays, Lists, Sets and Maps. 
com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.enums   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.extended 	Extra converters that may not be enabled in XStream by default. 
com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.javabean   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.io   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.binary   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.copy   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.json   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.path 		Library for tracking paths of nodes in documents using a subset of XPath. 
com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper   
com.thoughtworks.xstream.persistence   

 
5. Interfaces 

   Exported interface                   Classification 		Interface type
   =============================        ============== 		==============
   com.thoughtworks.xstream 		
	* MarshallingStrategy		Uncommitted    		Interface

   com.thoughtworks.xstream.alias 
	* ClassMapper 			Uncommitted    		Interface
	* NameMapper			Uncommitted    		Interface

   com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters 
	* Converter 			Uncommitted    		Interface
	* ConverterLookup 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* ConverterMatcher 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* ConverterRegistry 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* DataHolder 			Uncommitted    		Interface
	* ErrorWriter 			Uncommitted    		Interface
	* MarshallingContext 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* SingleValueConverter 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* UnmarshallingContext		Uncommitted    		Interface
	
   com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection
	* FieldKeySorter 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* ReflectionProvider 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* ReflectionProvider.Visitor	Uncommitted    		Interface

   com.thoughtworks.xstream.io
	* ExtendedHierarchicalStreamWriter Uncommitted    	Interface
	* HierarchicalStreamDriver 	Uncommitted    		Interface
	* HierarchicalStreamReader 	Uncommitted    		Interface
	* HierarchicalStreamWriter	Uncommitted    		Interface

   com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml
	* DocumentReader 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* DocumentWriter 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* XmlFriendlyReader 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* XmlFriendlyWriter		Uncommitted    		Interface

   com.thoughtworks.xstream.mapper
	* Interfaces  			Uncommitted    		Interface
	* AnnotationConfiguration 	Uncommitted    		Interface
	* CGLIBMapper.Marker 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* Mapper 			Uncommitted    		Interface
	* Mapper.ImplicitCollectionMapping Uncommitted    	Interface

   com.thoughtworks.xstream.persistence
	* PersistenceStrategy 		Uncommitted    		Interface
	* StreamStrategy		Uncommitted    		Interface

   SUNWxstream                          Uncommitted             Package Name
   xstream-1.3.jar                      Uncommitted             Jar File


   The Jar file would go in "usr/share/lib/java"

   Imported interface        Classification   Comments
   =======================   ==============   =================================== 


    SUNWcglib		      Uncommitted     		LSARC 2009/132
    SUNWdom4j		      Uncommitted     		LSARC 2009/134
    SUNWjdom		      Uncommitted     		LSARC 2009/127
    SUNWjettison	      Uncommitted     		LSARC 2009/094
    SUNWjodatime	      Uncommitted     		LSARC 2009/079
    SUNWstaxapi		      Uncommitted     		LSARC 2009/055
    SUNWxom		      Uncommitted     		LSARC 2009/126
    SUNWxpp3min		      Uncommitted     		LSARC 2009/053


6. Resources and Schedule
    6.4. Steering Committee requested information
   	6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
		SFW
    6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
    6.6. ARC Exposure: open