Hi John,
You need to specify the extends attribute on the class mapping as such:
<class name="example.Lodging" extends="example.Option"
auto-complete="false">
<field name="lodgeType" type="integer"></field>
</class>
--Keith
"Goyer, John" wrote:
>
> I have a simple class hierarchy.
>
> Class Option { protected String optionPk; }
>
> Class LodgingOption extends Option { protected int lodgeType; etc... }
>
> I can serialize B to XML using Castor, but it will not include the
> data members inherited from A. Is this a limitation of
> Castor? I have tried the following mappng file. It has no effect.
> The file below simply produces an XML doc with the lodgeType but
> nothing more. Code is below the map file. Thanks!
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <!DOCTYPE mapping PUBLIC "-//EXOLAB/Castor Object Mapping DTD Version
> 1.0//EN"
> "http://castor.exolab.org/mapping.dtd";>
>
> <mapping>
>
> <description>
> Maps a Lodging instance to an XML representation.
> </description>
>
> <class name="example.Option">
> <field name="optionPk"></field>
> </class>
>
> <class name="example.Lodging"
> auto-complete="false" name="example.Option">
> <field name="lodgeType"></field>
> </class>
>
> </mapping>
>
> ------- Code -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> public String toXML( Object obj ) throws MarshalException,
> ValidationException {
>
> // init();
> // StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
> // Marshaller.marshal( obj, sw );
> // return sw.toString();
> //
> init();
> StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
> Marshaller m = null;
> try {
>
> Mapping mapping = new Mapping();
> mapping.loadMapping( baseDir + mapDir +
> "Lodging.castormap.xml");
>
> m = new Marshaller(sw);
> m.setMapping( mapping );
>
> } catch (IOException e) {
> // TODO Auto-generated catch block
> e.printStackTrace();
> } catch (MappingException e) {
> // TODO Auto-generated catch block
> e.printStackTrace();
> }
> m.marshal( obj );
>
> return sw.toString();
>
> }
>
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