Hi,
I am trying to model a budget as a tree structure.
For example:
A1 [parent] Eligible costs
A1.1 [parent] Personnel
A1.2 [parent] Travel and accomodation
A1.2.1 [parent] Travel
A1.2.1.1 [Leaf] Travel - London Brussels 19/11/2005
A1.2.1.2 [Leaf] Travel - Amsterdam Brussels 21/11/2005
Expense-categories are non-leaf items in the tree (modelled by the java class
BudgetNonLeafItemImpl) and individual expense items are leaves
(BudgetLeafItemImpl ).
Both types of node have many fields and operations in common which they inherit
from a common base class (BaseBudgetItemImpl).
A simplified skeleton of the source code looks like the follows:
public abstract class BaseBudgetItemImpl {
public abstract boolean isLeafItemType();
//
}
public class BudgetLeafItemImpl extends BaseBudgetItemImpl {
/** Is this an item at the extremity of the tree - yes always */
public boolean isLeafItemType() { return true; }
//
}
public class BudgetNonLeafItemImpl extends BaseBudgetItemImpl {
/** Is this an item at the extremity of the tree - no never */
public boolean isLeafItemType() { return false; }
public List getChildren() {
}
public BaseBudgetItemImpl addChild(BaseBudgetItemImpl child) {
}
private ArrayList children = new ArrayList(); // holds references to leaf-
or non-leaf items !
//
}
Does it make sense to try to use Betwixt to read/write (round-trip) such a
structure or would another tool (Castor ?) be better for the job ?
I started trying to write the xml and this works fine (see actual output from
an attempted round-trip of the more complex real classes below). I managed to
read back the root node but none of the children get restored.
The basic question is if Betwixt can handle the recursive relationship - the
root node will be of type non-leaf and this will contain a mixture of leaf and
non-leaf items in the "children" collection. The non-leaf nodes may of course
then themselves have children of both types.
Thanks,
Richard SULLIVAN
XML output:
===========
<?xml version="1.0"?> <budgetNonLeafItemImpl id="1">
<child id="2">
<basicLayoutInfo id="3">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<canAddOnlyLeaves>false</canAddOnlyLeaves>
<descriptions/>
<leafItemType>false</leafItemType>
<mandatory>true</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.1 Personnel</title>
<toolTipText/>
<usageNotes/>
<valid>true</valid>
</child>
<child id="4">
<child id="5">
<child id="6">
<basicLayoutInfo id="7">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<descriptions/>
<leafItemType>true</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.2.1.1 Travel - London Brussels</title>
<valid>false</valid>
<values>
<value>London</value>
<value>Brussels</value>
<value>Air</value>
<value>132.11</value>
<value>3</value>
</values>
</child>
<child id="8">
<basicLayoutInfo id="9">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<descriptions/>
<leafItemType>true</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.2.1.2 Travel - Amsterdam Brussels</title>
<valid>false</valid>
<values>
<value/>
<value/>
<value/>
<value>100.0</value>
<value>1</value>
</values>
</child>
<basicLayoutInfo id="10">
<attachTo/>
<table>true</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<canAddOnlyLeaves>true</canAddOnlyLeaves>
<descriptions>
<description>London-Brussels</description>
<description>Brussels-London</description>
<description>Method</description>
<description>Cost per person</description>
<description>Nr. Persons</description>
</descriptions>
<leafItemType>false</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.2.1 Travel</title>
<toolTipText/>
<usageNotes/>
<valid>true</valid>
</child>
<basicLayoutInfo id="11">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<canAddOnlyLeaves>false</canAddOnlyLeaves>
<descriptions/>
<leafItemType>false</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.2 Travel and accomodation</title>
<toolTipText/>
<usageNotes/>
<valid>true</valid>
</child>
<child id="12">
<child id="13">
<child id="14">
<basicLayoutInfo id="15">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<descriptions>
<description>English</description>
<description>French</description>
<description>Cost per page (Euro)</description>
<description>Nr. pages</description>
</descriptions>
<leafItemType>true</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.3.1.1 Translation of questionaire for all member
states</title>
<valid>true</valid>
<values>
<value/>
<value/>
<value>10.5</value>
<value>10</value>
</values>
</child>
<child id="16">
<basicLayoutInfo id="17">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<descriptions>
<description>English</description>
<description>French</description>
<description>Cost per page (Euro)</description>
<description>Nr. pages</description>
</descriptions>
<leafItemType>true</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.3.1.1 Translation of questionaire for all member
states</title>
<valid>true</valid>
<values>
<value/>
<value/>
<value>10.5</value>
<value>10</value>
</values>
</child>
<basicLayoutInfo id="18">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<canAddOnlyLeaves>false</canAddOnlyLeaves>
<descriptions/>
<leafItemType>false</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.3.1 Implementation costs - Translations</title>
<toolTipText/>
<usageNotes/>
<valid>true</valid>
</child>
<basicLayoutInfo id="19">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<canAddOnlyLeaves>false</canAddOnlyLeaves>
<descriptions/>
<leafItemType>false</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.3 Implementation costs</title>
<toolTipText/>
<usageNotes/>
<valid>true</valid>
</child>
<child id="20">
<child id="21">
<basicLayoutInfo id="22">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<descriptions>
<description>Audit fees</description>
</descriptions>
<leafItemType>true</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.4.1 Audit reports</title>
<valid>true</valid>
<values>
<value>0.0</value>
</values>
</child>
<child id="23">
<basicLayoutInfo id="24">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<descriptions>
<description>Cost of obtaining financial guarantee</description>
</descriptions>
<leafItemType>true</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.4.2 Financial guarantee</title>
<valid>true</valid>
<values>
<value>0.0</value>
</values>
</child>
<basicLayoutInfo id="25">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<canAddOnlyLeaves>true</canAddOnlyLeaves>
<descriptions/>
<leafItemType>false</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.4 Frais résultant d'exigences de la convention</title>
<toolTipText/>
<usageNotes/>
<valid>true</valid>
</child>
<child id="26">
<child id="27">
<basicLayoutInfo id="28">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<descriptions>
<description>General expenses</description>
</descriptions>
<leafItemType>true</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.7.1 General expenses</title>
<valid>true</valid>
<values>
<value>0.0</value>
</values>
</child>
<basicLayoutInfo id="29">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<canAddOnlyLeaves>true</canAddOnlyLeaves>
<descriptions/>
<leafItemType>false</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1.7 Indirect and other costs (max 7% of eligible costs)</title>
<toolTipText/>
<usageNotes/>
<valid>true</valid>
</child>
<basicLayoutInfo id="30">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<canAddOnlyLeaves>false</canAddOnlyLeaves>
<descriptions/>
<leafItemType>false</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1 Eligible costs</title>
<toolTipText/>
<usageNotes/>
<valid>true</valid>
</budgetNonLeafItemImpl>
XML parsed back to object then regenerated:
===========================================
<?xml version="1.0"?> <budgetNonLeafItemImpl id="1">
<basicLayoutInfo id="2">
<attachTo/>
<table>false</table>
</basicLayoutInfo>
<canAddOnlyLeaves>false</canAddOnlyLeaves>
<descriptions/>
<leafItemType>false</leafItemType>
<mandatory>false</mandatory>
<optionalId/>
<title>A1 Eligible costs</title>
<toolTipText/>
<usageNotes/>
<valid>true</valid>
</budgetNonLeafItemImpl>
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