Keith, just looking at http://castor.codehaus.org/xml-mapping.html, I cannot see the 'container' attribute being documented anywhere. Or am I looking at the wrong place ?
Werner -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Keith Visco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 01. September 2005 07:18 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [castor-user] Mapping collections when marshalling Frank, You need to use container="false" on your field mapping for the collection, as such: <field name="users" type="User" collection="collection" container="false"> </field> Hope that helps, --Keith Ratzlow, Frank (Extern) wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a class structure similar to the following: > > ==================================== > class AddressBook { > /** Collection*<User> */ > * Collection* users; > > public void setUsers(*Collection* users) { > this.users = users; > } > > public* Collection* getUsers() { > return this.users; > } > > } > > > class User { > String firstname; > String lastname; > > public void setFirstname(String firstname) { > this.firstname = firstname; > } > > public void setLastname(String lastname) { > this.lastname = lastname; > } > > public String getFirstname() { > return this.firstname; > } > > public String getLastname() { > return this.lastname; > } > > } > > > ==================================== > > and a* castor* mapping file: > ==================================== > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <!DOCTYPE mapping PUBLIC "-//EXOLAB/*Castor* Object Mapping DTD Version > 1.0//EN" > "_http://__*castor*.exolab.org/mappi ng.dtd_ > <http://www.google.com/url?sa=D%26q=http://castor.exolab.org/mapping.dtd>"> > > <mapping> > <class name="AddressBook"> > <map-to xml="addressbook"/> > <field name="users" > type="User" > * collection*="*collection*"> > </field> > </class> > > <class name="User"> > <map-to xml="user"/> > <field name="firstname" > type="string"> > <bind-xml name="firstname"/> > </field> > <field name="lastname" > type="string"> > <bind-xml name="lastname"/> > </field> > </class> > </mapping> > ==================================== > > When i unmarshall from such a xml fragment: > > ==================================== > <addressbook> > <users> > <user> > <firstname>Peter<firstname> > <firstname>Miller<firstname> > <user> > <user> > <firstname>Mary<firstname> > <firstname>Lu<firstname> > <user> > <user> > <firstname>Jonny<firstname> > <firstname>Hot<firstname> > <user> > </users> > <addressbook> > ==================================== > > the resulting object graph is absolutely as expected, means my user > *collection* contains a bunch of users. > But when I marshall it back to XML than I receive: > ==================================== > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <addressbook > xmlns:xsi="_http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSche ma-instance_ > <http://www.google.com/url?sa=D%26q=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance>" > xsi:type="java:AddressBook"> > <users xsi:type="java:User"> > <firstname>Peter<firstname> > <firstname>Miller<firstname> > </users> > <users xsi:type="java:User"> > <firstname>Mary<firstname> > <firstname>Lu<firstname> > </users> > <users xsi:type="java:User"> > <firstname>Jonny<firstname> > <firstname>Hot<firstname> > </user> > <addressbook> > ==================================== > > Is there a way to tell the mapping to put objects from collections in > subelements of an enclosing XML-*collection* element? > Just would like to see the output matching the input, with no "xsi" > etc. and appropriate mapping of collections. > > I saw the a simila thread > _http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00832.html_ but > it doesn't state how to achieve the enclosing collection root element > within a deep class structure - i think. Neither I can figure out from > this advice how to handle many different collections at different levels > in a object graph. > > Any idea > > TIA > > Frank > > P.S. JDK 1.4.1_05,* Castor* 0.9.6 > > "Coding ain't done till all tests run!" > ------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, please send an empty message to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, please send an empty message to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------
