I added the new question and answer to the Faq page. XmlObject.copy() should be much more efficient than toString() and parse().
Cezar On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 07:10 -0700, Lott, Christopher M wrote: > I would like to suggest an addition to page > http://wiki.apache.org/xmlbeans/XmlBeansFaq but I cannot edit it, so am > trying the email list. Please redirect me if I'm sending this to the wrong > place. > > Is this Q & A sufficient and clear? Thanks for listening. > > > Q: Why am I getting XmlValueDisconnectedException when I try to change an > XmlObject? > > A: The most likely cause is that the XmlObject is an orphan; i.e., it has > become disassociated from the XML store. This can happen if you get a > reference to an object (perhaps by fetching the first item in an array), > delete the item from the tree (perhaps by calling the array remove method on > element 0), and then try to invoke methods on that reference or any of its > child elements. You cannot even invoke the toString() method on an orphaned > object! If you need to keep a deleted object, make a copy before you delete > it. For example: > > LineItem nl = > LineItem.Factory.parse(p.getLineItemArray(0).toString()); > p.removeLineItem(0); > > > Credit this to Paul Gillen and also the people who posted to a thread in 2006: > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/xmlbeans-user/200602.mbox/%3c99479f4d39c9244f8e17e688193a3dd8407...@repbex02.amer.bea.com%3E > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@xmlbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@xmlbeans.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@xmlbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@xmlbeans.apache.org
