Hi, I think you're correct in your assumption that it's because you have instance of the object itself. It is this that represents the parent tag in Castor terms. So you have to null this reference to have it not output the parent tag. In order to implement this I guess Castor would have to know if an object is "empty" in XML terms. Something I know it doesn't do already, sorry.
Cheers, Andy. -----Original Message----- From: Henk Schets [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 August 2005 08:12 To: [email protected] Subject: [castor-user] how to avoid empty elements ? Hi, I'm using Caster to marshal a List of javabeans to xml. Sometimes one of these beans is not null, but all of it's fields are empty. In that case, Castor just outputs the xml with all elements empty. Is there a way to tell Caster not to write the xml when this is the case ? Thanks Henk PS I tried to look this up in the forums or the wiki, but both are unreacheable for the moment. ------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, please send an empty message to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------- CODA has a new world-class consolidation package. Find out more about www.coda.com/ocra <http://www.coda.com/ocra> The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It may not be disclosed to, or used by, anyone other than the addressee. If you receive this message in error, please advise us immediately. Internet emails are not necessarily secure. CODA does not accept responsibility for changes to any email which occur after the email has been sent. Attachments to this email may contain software viruses, which could damage your systems. CODA has checked the attachments for viruses before sending, but you should virus-check them before opening. ------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, please send an empty message to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------
