# Uses of Class
java.beans.Encoder

Packages that use Encoder
Package
Description
java.beans
Contains classes related to developing beans -- components based on the JavaBeans architecture.

## Uses of Encoder in java.beans

Subclasses of Encoder in java.beans
Modifier and Type
Class
Description
`class`
`XMLEncoder`
The `XMLEncoder` class is a complementary alternative to the `ObjectOutputStream` and can used to generate a textual representation of a JavaBean in the same way that the `ObjectOutputStream` can be used to create binary representation of `Serializable` objects.
Methods in java.beans with parameters of type Encoder
Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`protected void`
DefaultPersistenceDelegate.`initialize(Class<?> type, Object oldInstance, Object newInstance, Encoder out)`
This default implementation of the `initialize` method assumes all state held in objects of this type is exposed via the matching pairs of "setter" and "getter" methods in the order they are returned by the Introspector.
`protected void`
PersistenceDelegate.`initialize(Class<?> type, Object oldInstance, Object newInstance, Encoder out)`
Produce a series of statements with side effects on `newInstance` so that the new instance becomes equivalent to `oldInstance`.
`protected Expression`
DefaultPersistenceDelegate.`instantiate(Object oldInstance, Encoder out)`
This default implementation of the `instantiate` method returns an expression containing the predefined method name "new" which denotes a call to a constructor with the arguments as specified in the `DefaultPersistenceDelegate`'s constructor.
`protected abstract Expression`
PersistenceDelegate.`instantiate(Object oldInstance, Encoder out)`
Returns an expression whose value is `oldInstance`.
`void`
PersistenceDelegate.`writeObject(Object oldInstance, Encoder out)`
The `writeObject` is a single entry point to the persistence and is used by an `Encoder` in the traditional mode of delegation.