<dependency> <groupId>com.thoughtworks.xstream</groupId> <artifactId>xstream</artifactId> <version>1.4.14</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.other.library</groupId> <artifactId>other-library</artifactId> <version>1.0.0</version> </dependency> XStream xStream = new XStream(); xStream.registerConverter(new OtherLibraryConverter()); String xml = xStream.toXML(object); MyObject object = (MyObject) xStream.fromXML(xml); xStream.alias("person", Person.class); xStream.omitField(Person.class, "age"); xStream.setMode(XStream.NO_REFERENCES); xStream.toXML(object, new PrettyPrintWriter(writer));