Have you considered using just plain java serialization instead of XML?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nataliya Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 8:17 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [castor-dev] XML binding for existing complex code base
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am new to castor and am after an advise if what we
> want to do is
> possible to achieve with this technology.
>
> We would like to use castor to marshall and unmarshall
> JFreeCharts
> (http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/index.html) so we can
> use it in our
> programs. JFreeChart is an evolved software by now and
> not all objects
> are bean-like. We estimate there are over 140
> serializable objects in
> the code.
>
> The main question is this: What would your suggestions
> be in regards as
> how to tackle something like this? And is it achievable
> at all with
> current castor?
>
> So far I have tried using castor with mapping files,
> but came across
> some problems:
> - Using castor on an object containing a collection
> where getters return
> unmodifiable collection produces an error
> (understandably). Is there
> some work around that I could use to overcome this
> problem (without
> changing source code)?
> - Non-default constructors. JFreeChart source code has
> some of those.
> The work-around using "set-method" doesn't work in our
> case as castor
> expects the corresponding field to be an attribute
> (which means this
> should be a primitive type). The only information I
> could find on this
> is message on castor-dev list:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg05286.html
> Are there plans to implement something like this?
> Is there some way to use non-default constructors with
> non-primitive types?
>
>
> Also, btw, marshalling objects containing
> java.awt.Rectangle seems to
> cause recursive loop when marshalling Rectangle and
> eventually "out of
> memory" error.
>
> Thanks,
> Nataliya
>
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