[jibx-users] Model text elements with embedded markup.

[geoff.grain]

Would anyone have a suggestion as to how I could model the following XML:

    <paratext>
        Line One.
        <footnote.reference refid="1" />
        Line Two.
        <footnote.reference refid="2" />
        Line Three.
    </paratext>

 

Ideally I would like to capture the entire content of the "paratext" element as a string.

Then bind each "footnote.reference" element into a collection.

 

I've tried the following binding definition (simplified version):

    <mapping name="paratext" class="model.ParaText" ordered="true">

        <value field="text" set-method="setText" usage="optional" style="text" />

        <collection field="footnoteEntries" usage="optional"

            item-type="model.FootnoteReference" />

    </mapping>

    <mapping name="footnote.reference" class="model.FootnoteReference" ordered="false">

        <value style="attribute" name="refid" field="refId" usage="optional"/>

    </mapping>

 

But with this binding, I'm able to collect the footnote entries, but only able to capture as a string the first line ("Line One.").

 

Any thoughts on how to go about this?

Would this require a custom unmarshaller?

 

- Geoff