Hi Margaret,
That is the standard approach, see my earlier replies to the message. Thanks for validating that this approach works for you. --Keith "Martin, Margaret" wrote: > > Andi - > The approach that I have taken is to put the existing classes into a > separate schema that is referenced by the one that I want to generate from, > then set the namespace mapping to the actual package containing those > classes in castorbuilder.properties. > > For example, the file ExternalTypes.xsd: > <xs:schema targetNamespace="http://schemas/test/externalTypes"; > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";> > <xs:complexType name="MyAttributeType"/> > </xs:schema> > > MySchema.xsd: > <xs:schema > targetNamespace="http://www.vignette.com/castor/schemas/test/types"; > xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; > xmlns:xo="http://schemas/test/externalTypes";> > <xs:import namespace="http://schemas/test/externalTypes"; > schemaLocation="ExternalTypes.xsd"/> > <xs:element name="Person"> > <xs:element name="myAttribute" type="xo:MyAttributeType"> > </xs:schema> > > In castorbuilder.properties: > # XML namespace mapping to Java packages > # > org.exolab.castor.builder.nspackages=\ > http://schemas/test/externalTypes=com.myStuff.myTypes > > Then just run the generator against MySchema.xsd... I don't know if this is > a non-standard approach, but it has worked just great for me - > > Hope this helps - > Margaret > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andi Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 10:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [castor-dev] SourceGenerator using existing Class as type > > Hi, > > i have a problem using the SourceGenerator with alreasy existing types. > I want to create a class e.g. Person that uses some other existing class as > attribute and not just a primitive string or integer. > > public class Person > { > private com.mycompany.MyExistingClass myAttribute; > > public void setMyAttribute( com.mycompany.MyExistingClass att ) > { > myAttribute = att; > } > public com.mycompany.MyExistingClass getMyAttribute() > { > return myAttribute; > } > } > > If i'd use primitve string instead of MyExisingClass schema would be > <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; > > <xs:element name="Person"> > <xs:complexType> > <xs:sequence> > <xs:element name="myAttribute" type="xs:string"/> > </xs:sequence> > </xs:complexType> > </xs:element> > </xs:schema> > > I tried something like > <xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; > > <xs:element name="Person"> > <xs:complexType> > <xs:sequence> > <xs:element name="myAttribute"> > <xs:complexType/> > </xs:element> > </xs:sequence> > </xs:complexType> > </xs:element> > </xs:schema> > > Which already is near what i want, but creates a class MyAttribute, that i > don't want. > What do i have to do to tell the generator that the type should be my > existing class and also not creating this class ? > > Thanks for help, > Andi > -- > Andreas Kuhn Syngenio AG > Tel: +49 711 4903-490 Badstr. 9 > Fax: +49 711 4903-500 70372 Stuttgart > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.syngenio.de > > The answer to 'can emacs...?' is always 'yes' > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: > unsubscribe castor-dev > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: > unsubscribe castor-dev ----------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: unsubscribe castor-dev
