Guy, can you please create a new Jira issue at http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/CASTOR, and attach all relevant files, incl. your mapping, domain objects used and a JUnit test case (if possible).
Now if you took care to follow the guidelines available at http://castor.org/how-to-submit-an-xml-bug.htm that would make life considerably easier for us. Regards Werner Guy Coleman wrote: > Hi, > > I'm mapping XML to Java objects using a custom mapping.xml with 1.0.5. I > have some fields marked as required="true", but the required checks > don't look like they're happening even with Unmarshaller.setValidate(true). > > I've had a dig through the UnmarshalHandler code and think I have found > why. In processAttributes(AttributeSet, XMLClassDescriptor) there is > this code: > > for (int i = 0; i < descriptors.length; i++) { > > XMLFieldDescriptor descriptor = descriptors[i]; > > String name = descriptor.getXMLName(); > String namespace = descriptor.getNameSpaceURI(); > > int index = atts.getIndex(name, namespace); > > > if (index >= 0) { > processedAtts[index] = true; > } > //-- otherwise...for now just continue, this code needs to > //-- change when we upgrade to new event API > else continue; > > try { > processAttribute(.....); > } > ... > > If an attribute is missing then index will be -1 and the continue will > be hit. The call to processAttribute will never happen and this appears > to be where the required flag is checked. > > I'm not very familiar with the castor code, so it's possible that I'm > just talking rubbish. I don't have an easily submittable test case for > this, though I could knock one up if need be. > > Thanks, > -Guy Coleman > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
