Actually, my last message might be completely ignorable. Can you please open a new issue at
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/CASTOR and attach all relevant files. Somehow the bahaviour you are seeing seems 'odd' to me .... Werner S. Sharif wrote: > Hi, > I get the following error > > unable to find FieldDescriptor for > 'DVPCRITERIAINPUT_LIST' in ClassDescriptor of > Document{File: [not available]; line: 3 column: 26} > at > org.exolab.castor.xml.Unmarshaller.unmarshal(Unmarshaller.java:740) > at > org.exolab.castor.xml.Unmarshaller.unmarshal(Unmarshaller.java:596) > ..... etc. > > > when I execute the following piece of code: > > > // load castor mapping file > Mapping map = new Mapping(); > map.loadMapping(mappingPath); > unmarshaller = new Unmarshaller(map); > > // Unmarshall the input xml into a value object > RunDvpRequestVO runDvpRequest = (RunDvpRequestVO) > unmarshaller.unmarshal(new > FileReader(inputXmlFilePath)); > > > > with the following input xml: > > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > <Document> > <DVPCRITERIAINPUT_LIST> > <DVPCRITERIAINPUT> > <DVPCRITERIAID>1</DVPCRITERIAID> > </DVPCRITERIAINPUT> > </DVPCRITERIAINPUT_LIST> > > [ ... remaining xml was omitted for brevity ...] > > </Document> > > > > This is the Castor xml mapping file that I used: > > > <mapping> > <description>Description of the > mapping</description> > > <!-- ----- ----- 1st Group of Classes ----- ----- > --> > > <class > name="com.testcom.nget.valueobject.databinding.response.RunDvpResponseVO" > auto-complete="true"> > <map-to xml="Document"/> > <field name="response" > type="com.testcom.nget.valueobject.databinding.response.ResponseVO"> > <bind-xml name="RESPONSE" > location="RESPONSE_LIST"/> > </field> > <field name="dvpRunId"> > <bind-xml name="DVPRUNID" > location="DVPRUN_LIST/DVPRUN"/> > </field> > </class> > > > [ ... more xml was omitted for brevity ...] > > > <!-- ----- ----- 2nd Group of Classes ----- ----- > --> > > <class > name="com.testcom.nget.valueobject.databinding.RunDvpRequest.RunDvpRequestVO" > auto-complete="true"> > <map-to xml="Document"/> > <field name="logins" collection="hashtable" > > <bind-xml name="LOGIN_LIST"> > <class > name="org.exolab.castor.mapping.MapItem"> > <field name="key" type="java.lang.String"> > <bind-xml name="filter" node="attribute"/> > </field> > <field name="value" > type="com.testcom.nget.valueobject.databinding.RunDvpRequest.LoginVO"> > <bind-xml name="LOGIN"/> > </field> > </class> > </bind-xml> > </field> > <field name="dvpCriteriaId"> > <bind-xml name="DVPCRITERIAID" > location="DVPCRITERIAINPUT_LIST/DVPCRITERIAINPUT"/> > </field> > </class> > > [ ... more xml was omitted for brevity ...] > > > </mapping> > > > > What is strange is that when I reorder the classes in > the xml mapping file, by moving the 1st group of > classes below the 2nd group of class in the mapping > file above, the error goes away. Is there a way for > me to avoid getting this error programmatically rather > than having to re-order the mapping file? > > I am still in the process of adding more classes to > the same mapping file, and I am concerned that as the > mapping file grows big, at some point I may no longer > be able to reorder the mapping file in the right > order, in order for the code to work. > > Any help or suggestions is very much appreciated. > > Thanks. > > > ********************************************************** > * Saladin Sharif > * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * Visit homepage @ http://gaia.ecs.csus.edu/~sharifs > ********************************************************** > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > The fish are biting. > Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. > http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
