org.springframework.oxm

## Interface Unmarshaller

All Known Subinterfaces:
  GenericUnmarshaller, MimeUnmarshaller

All Known Implementing Classes:
  AbstractMarshaller, CastorMarshaller, Jaxb2Marshaller, JibxMarshaller, XmlBeansMarshaller, XStreamMarshaller

    public interface Unmarshaller

Defines the contract for Object XML Mapping unmarshallers. Implementations of this interface can deserialize a given XML Stream to an Object graph.

Since:
  3.0
Author:
  Arjen Poutsma
See Also:
  `Marshaller`

### Method Summary

Methods
`boolean` `supports(Class<?> clazz)` Indicates whether this unmarshaller can unmarshal instances of the supplied type.
`Object` `unmarshal(Source source)` Unmarshals the given `Source` into an object graph.

### Method Detail

#### supports

    boolean supports(Class<?> clazz)

Indicates whether this unmarshaller can unmarshal instances of the supplied type.

Parameters:
  `clazz` - the class that this unmarshaller is being asked if it can marshal
Returns:
  `true` if this unmarshaller can indeed unmarshal to the supplied class; `false` otherwise

#### unmarshal

    Object unmarshal(Source source)
                     throws IOException,
                            XmlMappingException

Unmarshals the given `Source` into an object graph.

Parameters:
  `source` - the source to marshal from
Returns:
  the object graph
Throws:
  `IOException` - if an I/O error occurs
  `XmlMappingException` - if the given source cannot be mapped to an object