Fix #28, deprecate ClassAliaslingMapper.itemTypeAsAttributes(Class) and

ClassAliaslingMapper.aliasIsAttribute(String).

xstream-distribution/src/content/changes.html

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ <h2>Minor changes</h2>
     	<li>JIRA:XSTR-769: Synthetic fields with references to outer class use compiler dependent names.</li>
     	<li>JIRA:XSTR-771: UUID is an immutable type by default.</li>
     	<li>GHPR:#23: Constructor of AbstractXppDriver swallows causing exception.</li>
+    	<li>GHI:#28: Fix functionality of ClassAliaslingMapper.itemTypeAsAttributes(Class).</li>
     </ul>
 
     <h2>API changes</h2>
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ <h2>API changes</h2>
     	<li>Added c.t.x.io.xml.DomDriver.createDocumentBuilderFactory().</li>
     	<li>Added c.t.x.io.xml.JDomDriver.createBuilder().</li>
     	<li>Added c.t.x.io.xml.JDom2Driver.createBuilder().</li>
+    	<li>Deprecated c.t.x.mapper.ClassAliaslingMapper.itemTypeAsAttributes(Class) and
+    	c.t.x.mapper.ClassAliaslingMapper.aliasIsAttribute(String). Methods never called, left-over from old refactoring.</li>
     </ul>
 
     <h1 id="1.4.8">1.4.8</h1>

xstream/src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/mapper/ClassAliasingMapper.java

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Joe Walnes.
- * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 XStream Committers.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015 XStream Committers.
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD
@@ -79,10 +79,16 @@ public Class realClass(String elementName) {
         return super.realClass(elementName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated As of upcoming
+     */
     public boolean itemTypeAsAttribute(Class clazz) {
-        return classToName.containsKey(clazz);
+        return classToName.containsKey(clazz.getName());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated As of upcoming
+     */
     public boolean aliasIsAttribute(String name) {
         return nameToType.containsKey(name);
     }