Xinjun,
I cannot reproduce things locally. Can I please ask you to create a new issue
at http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/CASTOR, and attach all relevant files
(domain entities, mapping file, JUnit test case, ...).
Thanks in advance
Werner
________________________________
From: Xinjun Chen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Freitag, 12. Jänner 2007 11:08
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [castor-user] Castor mapping file to specify optional
elements
Hi Sandeep and Werner,
Thank you for your responsive reply.
I have looked through the link quite a few times. I understand
"required" attribute may be the only place I can set in the mapping. But the
default value for "required" is already "false". Should I still specify this
for those fields which may contains null value?
I have the following mapping for field caseNo and designation in the
HearingDetailsVO.java.
<field name="caseNo" type="java.lang.String">
<bind-xml name="caseNo" node="element"/>
</field>
<field name="designation" type=" java.lang.String">
<bind-xml name="designation" node="element"/>
</field>
In fact I didn't set value for caseNo and designation when creating the
object. When I marshal the object, I get some null elements like
<caseNo/><designation/> inside the DOM Node.
I also tried to change the mapping to
<field name="caseNo" type="java.lang.String" required="false">
<bind-xml name="caseNo" node="element"/>
</field>
<field name="designation" type=" java.lang.String" required="false">
<bind-xml name="designation" node="element"/>
</field>
But this does not solve the problem.
I was also wondering whether I should use required="optional". Again,
that did not solve the problem.
Did I miss some other configuration or this is a bug in Castor?
I am using Castor-1.0.5-xml.jar. Java 1.4.2
Regards,
Xinjun
On 1/12/07, Werner Guttmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
Xinjun,
have a llok at
http://castor.org/xml-mapping.html#3.4-The-%3Cfield%3E-element
which explains that on a field mapping you can specify whether
a field is required (or not) by setting the 'required' attribute according to
your needs.
Re: the null elements, can you please give me an example where
this happens, and where in your view should not happen ?
Regards
Werner
________________________________
From: Xinjun Chen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Freitag, 12. Jänner 2007 07:36
To: [email protected]
Subject: [castor-user] Castor mapping file to specify
optional elements
Hi,
I am new to Castor. Could anyone tell me if there is
any way to specify certain xml elements as optional? And in turn stop Castor
marshalling framework from generating null elements.
Regards,
Xinjun
