[castor-user] question regarding convertUponSet()

[Jacky Lu]

Hi,

 

I have a question regarding the convertUponSet() method of GeneralizedFieldHander class.

 

I have a xml file like this:

<ROOT>

  <RECORD>...</RECORD>

  <RECORD>...</RECORD>

  ...

</ROOT>

 

I'm unmarshalling this xml file to java object with the following mapping file:

<mapping>

  <class name="mypackage.ROOT">

    <field name="RECORD" type="mypackage.RECORD" collection="array" handler="RecordHandler"/>

  </class>

</mapping>

 

The RecordHandler extends GeneralizedFieldHandler and its convertUponSet() method looks like this:

public Object convertUponSet(Object object)
{   System.out.println(object + "retrived from xml file");

    return null;
}

Here is my question: Is it correct that no RECORD will be kept in memory after returning null in convertUponSet() method? In other words, the ROOT object tree in memory has no record at any time.

 

Thank you very much,

Jacky Lu