Swati- Just did a quick search through the code, and the UnmarshalHandler does file a debug message when an extra element is ignored. Unfortunately, that is all it does, so there isn't a flag to test for or anything like that.
Stephen On 3/24/06, Swati Singhal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks... > But is there any way I can Ignore the undefined > elements, process the rest of the XML file and at the > same time get warning or an error which I can catch to > alert the user ? > > --- Keith Visco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Swati, > > > > Take a look at Unmarshaller#setIgnoreExtraElements. > > > > > http://castor.codehaus.org/xml-faq.html#How-do-I-ignore-elements-during-unmarshalling? > > > > Keep in mind however, that this will ignore the > > element and it's children. > > > > --Keith > > > > > > Swati Singhal wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have an XML file and have written a > > corresponding > > > mapping.xml file which works fine. > > > > > > We receive these XML files from our customer and > > > although the format of the XML files is fixed, I > > > wanted to know what would happen if they send this > > XML > > > file with an additional node not defined in my > > > mappnig.xml? > > > I tried this and Castor threw an exception saying > > : > > > > > > Exception:unable to find FieldDescriptor for > > 'PATH' in > > > ClassDescriptor of ROOT > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > > > > saying it didn't find that node in my mapping.xml. > > > > > > Is there any way we can make Castor handle such > > > surprises without affecting unmarshalling of the > > rest > > > of the file?? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Swati > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > 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] > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------- > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, please > send an empty message to the following address: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------- > >
