Hi Mike, The basic problem here is that your <mapping> is for an unmodifiable class (java.util.ArrayList), and JiBX requires the root object to be marshalled to be modifiable. I'm not sure if this requirement is spelled out in the documentation, since it's not something people generally run into.
The particular error you're getting is kind of an indirect side effect of the unmodifiable class. The code which throws this error predated the idea of <mapping>s for unmodifiable classes, and when it doesn't find any modifiable classes it assumes there weren't any <mapping>s defined by the binding. I'll try to add a note to the documentation, and also provide a better error message. To get around this in your binding, one possibility is to create a simple subclass of ArrayList, and use that for the customer data. Since it'll be your own subclass it'll be modifiable by the binding compiler, and you won't have a problem. - Dennis Dennis M. Sosnoski SOA and Web Services in Java Training and Consulting http://www.sosnoski.com - http://www.sosnoski.co.nz Seattle, WA +1-425-939-0576 - Wellington, NZ +64-4-298-6117 Mike Hostetler wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a JiBX newbie, so I hope that I'm not asking something that is > obvious but it's not obvious to me! > > I have a Collection of objects and I want to marshal into XML. The > examples on SourceForge seem to have an object, and the Collection is > on a property of that object. But that's not what I have -- I have a > Collection and am trying to marshal it and it's contents. > > Here is my binding: > <binding> > <mapping name="customers" class="java.util.ArrayList"> > <collection add-method="add" > factory="com.domain.app.CustomerValue.listFactory"> > <structure name="customer" type="com.domain.app.CustomerValue" > > <value name="name" field="customerName"/> > </structure> > </collection> > </mapping> > </binding> > > My listFactory method is: > public static List listFactory() { > return new ArrayList(); > } > When I try to bind it, I get the following: > > [java] Error running binding compiler > > [java] *** Error during code generation for file > 'jibx_bindings/ExceptionCu > stomer.xml' - please enter a bug report for this error in Jira if the problem > is > not listed as fixed on the online status page *** > > [java] org.jibx.runtime.JiBXException: One or more <mapping> elements > must > be defined in <binding> > [java] at org.jibx.binding.Utility.loadBinding(Utility.java:322) > [java] at org.jibx.binding.Utility.loadFileBinding(Utility.java:413) > [java] at org.jibx.binding.Compile.compile(Compile.java:296) > [java] at org.jibx.binding.Compile.main(Compile.java:385) > > > I'm getting all this with JiBX 1.1.5. > > I think the mapping element is in the right place. Is it? How do I > bind this correctly? > > Thanks for helping me out . . > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ jibx-users mailing list jibx-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jibx-users
