I haven't used the xml side of castor greatly, but have you tried
deleting the old xml file, and then marshaling the object again? I
know its kinda a shot in the dark, but since you said the first
marshal worked fine its worth a shot.


On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 11:07:46 -0500, Velusamy Velu
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> I am continuing to investigate this problem and found the following additional 
> information -
> 
> The type of the object to be marshaled is VehicleReference
>         public class VehicleReference extends Selectable
>         {
>             private ArrayList    types     = null;
>             private ArrayList    models    = null;
>             private ArrayList    makes     = null;
>             private DropdownList statuses  = null;
>             private DropdownList locations = null;
>             private String       license   = null;
>         ...
>         }
> To isolate and repeat the problem only the statuses is populated.  All other 
> attributes left in null state.  The statuses is of type DropdownList which extends 
> the java.util.ArrayList and adds a couple of more functionalities.
> 
> In debug mode while stepping through the code the object (an instance of 
> VehicleReference) is good until the marshaller.marshall(object) method is called.
> 
> state of the object before calling -
>         public class VehicleReference extends Selectable
>         {
>             private ArrayList    types     = null;
>             private ArrayList    models    = null;
>             private ArrayList    makes     = null;
>             private DropdownList statuses  = DropdowList (id=305)
>             private DropdownList locations = null;
>             private String       license   = null;
>         ...
>         }
> 
> state of the object after that call
>         public class VehicleReference extends Selectable
>         {
>             private ArrayList    types     = DropdowList (id=306)
>             private ArrayList    models    = DropdowList (id=304)
>             private ArrayList    makes     = DropdowList (id=303)
>             private DropdownList statuses  = DropdowList (id=305)
>             private DropdownList locations = DropdowList (id=302)
>             private String       license   = null;
>         ...
>         }
> 
> The values assigned during the marshaling process to types, models, makes, and 
> locations are all from a previous run (about 3 days old) of the program.  All of 
> those values are accurate values but not wanted now.
> 
> The result of this is the XML produced is incorrect.
> 
> I could see that the old object has been cached.  But by which process? and why it 
> does not refresh? and why it overrides the current state of the object?  Why this 
> happens only with the objects that are in collections (ArrayList or Vector)?
> 
> Your help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> My previous email is truncated in the interest of keeping this thread relatively 
> clean.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Velusamy K. Velu
> (614) 728-0017
> 
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/02/04 08:46AM >>>
> Hello:
> 
> We are a developing a J2EE based web application.  The combination of Struts and 
> STxx is used to 
> .
> .
> 
> 
> .
> 
> I wonder if anyone ran into this kind of problem.  Any pointers would greatly help 
> us.  We have been spending about 4 days fruitlessly on this problem.  I can provide 
> more code snippets if necessary.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Velusamy K. Velu
> (614) 728-0017
> 
> 
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