Steven, How does your mapping look like ?
Werner > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Freitag, 05. Mai 2006 15:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [castor-user] Arbitrary Values (literals) > > Hi all, > > I'm serializing java objects to a predefined XML message > format that requires certain predefined attribute values on > some elements. In essence what we would call literals in the > java world. For example, in this snippet the "current", > "previous", "1" and "2" attributes: > > <candidate> > <address type="current"> > <street line="1"></street> > <street line="2"></street> > <city></city> > <state></state> > <zip></zip> > </address> > <address type="previous"> > <street line="1"></street> > <street line="2"></street> > <city></city> > <state></state> > <zip></zip> > </address> > </candidate> > > I was trying to kludge it by setting up an instance variable > with the necessary string ("current", "previous", "1", "2") > on the object solely for the purpose of being able to map it > to the attribute, like so: > > public String currentString = "current" ; > public String getCurrentString() { > return currentString ; > } > public String setCurrentString(String currentString) { > this.currentString = currentString ; > } > > This approach does not appear to work. The attribute doesn't > show up, and since both sets of addresses are mapped under > the <address> tag, it just lumps all of the elements together > in one big <address> tag set. > > Additionally, I need some of these values multiple times, and > it appears Castor doesn't like to repeat an instance variable > more than once in a given XML output: > > org.exolab.castor.mapping.MappingException: The field foo > appears twice in the descriptor for com.foo.bar > > Obviously I can just define a currentString1, currentString2, > etc, but this is getting silly. And in any event, this > kludge doesn't actually work. > > Is there a way to do this? > > Steven J. Owens > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------- > 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] -------------------------------------------------
