Enabled more convenient access to the XSTREAM field

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java

@@ -3735,6 +3735,11 @@ public class Hudson extends Node implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, StaplerProx
      */
     public static final XStream XSTREAM = new XStream2();
 
+    /**
+     * Alias to {@link #XSTREAM} so that one can access additional methods on {@link XStream2} more easily.
+     */
+    public static final XStream2 XSTREAM2 = (XStream2)XSTREAM;
+
     private static final int TWICE_CPU_NUM = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2;
 
     /**

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Items.java

@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ public class Items {
      */
     public static final XStream XSTREAM = new XStream2();
 
+    /**
+     * Alias to {@link #XSTREAM} so that one can access additional methods on {@link XStream2} more easily.
+     */
+    public static final XStream2 XSTREAM2 = (XStream2)XSTREAM;
+
     static {
         XSTREAM.alias("project",FreeStyleProject.class);
         XSTREAM.alias("matrix-project",MatrixProject.class);

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Run.java

@@ -1870,6 +1870,12 @@ public abstract class Run <JobT extends Job<JobT,RunT>,RunT extends Run<JobT,Run
     }
 
     public static final XStream XSTREAM = new XStream2();
+
+    /**
+     * Alias to {@link #XSTREAM} so that one can access additional methods on {@link XStream2} more easily.
+     */
+    public static final XStream2 XSTREAM2 = (XStream2)XSTREAM;
+
     static {
         XSTREAM.alias("build",FreeStyleBuild.class);
         XSTREAM.alias("matrix-build",MatrixBuild.class);