I don't think the legacy system at the other end can handle elements like that.
I actually solved the problem by forcing the value of the CostCenter field to
be not-null in the Java Object. If you try to set the field to null, it uses ""
instead:
protected String costCenter = "";
public void setCostCenter(String newValue) {
costCenter = (newValue == null) ? "" : newValue;
}
----- Original Message ----
From: Werner Guttmann <werner.guttm...@gmx.net>
To: dev@castor.codehaus.org
Sent: Wed, October 14, 2009 4:04:20 AM
Subject: Re: [castor-dev] Force an element to be marshalled
Hi August,
if the following is an option to you, yes there is ....
<LineItem>
<ItemNumber>124029</ItemNumber>
<ItemQty>1</ItemQty>
<CostCenter xsi:nil=true" />
</LineItem>
Werner
August Detlefsen wrote:
> Is there any way to force an element to be marshalled to XML even if the
> field in the Java object is null or empty?
>
> I am marshalling XML to a remote web service that requires a CostCenter field
> in the XML, even if that field is null. Here is an example of the XML that is
> being produced:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <Order>
> <LineItem><ItemNumber>124029</ItemNumber><ItemQty>1</ItemQty><CostCenter>1234567.1234.123</CostCenter></LineItem>
> <LineItem><ItemNumber>122094</ItemNumber><ItemQty>1</ItemQty></LineItem>
> <LineItem><ItemNumber>119106</ItemNumber><ItemQty>1</ItemQty></LineItem>
> <LineItem><ItemNumber>119105</ItemNumber><ItemQty>1</ItemQty></LineItem>
> </Order>
>
> Only the first <LineItem> includes the <CostCenter> element, but I need all
> of them to include it, even if it is an empty item i.e.
> <CostCenter></CostCenter>
>
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