I don't recall Jackson providing a way to specify constraints or default values. Does it?
Sent from my iPad > On Jun 2, 2014, at 6:19 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm not trying to handle all cases under the sun. But... we've chosen NOT to > use an XML Schema based XML IO framework (like JAXB or Jackson), instead > we've invented our own. I know we do JSON as well, but so does Jackson and it > likely also has a plugin for YAML. So now, every time I'm looking for some > minor improvement, it means tweaking our custom framework or adding > boilerplate code to plugins. It's a pain, but that's where we are today. At > least now, with the new type converters, I get the type conversion from to > int for free :-) > > In this case, I meant, you can only use attribute A or B. > > It is probably worth stepping back and looking at the big picture and whether > we want to invest in improving the current config IO framework or at least > consider if Jackson would be a better fit. Likely not for 2.0 ;-) > > Gary > > >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 4:03 AM, Ralph Goers <rgo...@apache.org> wrote: >> Are you looking for annotations to handle every kind of thing you might like >> to do instead of just putting a couple lines of code in the factory method? >> I would have handled this by saying foo and bar both need to be Integer and >> then adding a line do code that insures exactly one, or at most one, is >> present ( depending on what you want ). >> >> I really have no idea what it means for an attribute or element to be in a >> "choice". Does it mean at most one is specified or exactly one? What if I >> want exactly one in some cases and at most one in others? >> >> Ralph >> >>> On Jun 1, 2014, at 11:53 PM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> How do I tell my plugin that it can have attribute1 or 2, but not both? IOW >>> I want the config framework to do the validation for me. >>> >>> How about: >>> >>> @PluginAttribute(choice="group1") int foo, >>> >>> >>> @PluginAttribute(choice="group1") int bar >>> >>> Same thing for elements. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> Gary >>> >>> -- >>> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition >>> Spring Batch in Action >>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory > > > > -- > E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org > Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition > JUnit in Action, Second Edition > Spring Batch in Action > Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com > Home: http://garygregory.com/ > Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
