Deserialize XML into Java objects

gistfile1.java

XStream xstream = new XStream();
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3136234/xstream-root-as-a-collection-of-objects/3138114#3138114
xstream.alias("products", List.class);
xstream.alias("product", Product.class);
xstream.useAttributeFor(Product.class, "id");

List<Product> ps = (List<Product>)xstream.fromXML("<products><product id=\"1\"><name>Gatti</name><descriptionShort>Pelosi e caldi</descriptionShort></product><product id=\"2\"><name>Cani</name><descriptionShort>Abbaiano</descriptionShort></product></products>");

Iterator<Product> i = ps.iterator();
while (i.hasNext()) {
	Object o = i.next();
	if (!(o instanceof Product)) {// just in case some XML error
		android.util.Log.i(TAG, "class: " + o.getClass().getCanonicalName());
		continue;
        }
        Product p = (Product)o;
        android.util.Log.i(TAG, "ID: " + p.id + " name: " + p.name + " descriptionShort: "+ p.descriptionShort);
}