## 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
`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