Hey Ralf, Yeah I have read the how-to page, none of the examples really address what I am trying to do. The example that you posted, is almost exactly what I had before and it gives the same result that I had in my sample code. The problem that I am trying to get around is not having the multiple values in the same attribute, but instead having an individual element with the attribute for each value in my class's list.
I am pretty sure this is a common thing in the XML world, even if it isn't the best design. I have tried to map this with a nested <class> element, but with limited success. I agree that castor should be able to handle this, just not sure how to do it. Ralf Joachim wrote: > > Hi, > > have you had a look at the howtos at: > > http://castor.codehaus.org/xml-howto.html > > How about something like: > > <field name="OtherName" type="java.lang.String" > collection="arraylist"> > <bind-xml node="attribute" name="Name" > location="OtherNames/OtherName"/> > </field> > > Take care on the 's' that I omited at field name. I am quite sure that > castor is able to produce what you want, it's just a question to find > the right mapping for this. > > Ralf > > > bmg125 schrieb: >> Unfortunately, the XML format is not under my control and I don't have a >> schema at this point, but hopefully the company will supply one in the >> future. So my hands are kinda bound here on the format of the XML. >> Castor >> still seems like the way to go, but it doesn't seem to like this case >> very >> much. I am not familiar with how custom field handlers work, but I might >> have to try and go that route if I can't get the Mapping to work. >> >> I am kinda surprised that nothing like this has come up before, but I >> couldn't find anything when searching through the archives. Any ideas? >> >> >> >> Karr, David wrote: >> >>>Do you have the ability to start from an XML Schema, instead of an >>>object definition? If you defined OtherNames as a complextype >>>containing a sequence of OtherName objects, that would match your XML, >>>and your generated code for OtherNames would contain a collection type >>>for the OtherName objects. You wouldn't even need (necessarily) a >>>binding file. >>> >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: bmg125 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:18 PM >>>>To: [email protected] >>>>Subject: [castor-user] Help needed with Mapping and XML-Binding >>>> >>>> >>>>I am new to Castor and its mapping capabilities. I am >>>>having a problem >>>>getting my XML wrappers to look the way I want it to when >>>>using the xml-bind >>>>location attribute on a attribute node. Basically, what I >>>>have in my >>>>object is a List of strings (Names). >>>> >>>>That I want represented in the XML as: >>>> >>>><OtherNames> >>>> <OtherName Name="Bob" /> >>>> <OtherName Name="Steve" /> >>>> <OtherName Name="Chris" /> >>>><OtherNames> >>>> >>>>What I am gettings is: >>>> >>>><OtherNames> >>>> <OtherName Name= " Bob Steve Chris "/> </OtherNames> >>>> >>>>My mapping looks something like: >>>> >>>><field name="OtherNames" type="java.lang.String" >>>>collection="arraylist" > >>>> <bind-xml node="attribute" name="Name" >>>>location="OtherNames/OtherName"/> >>>></ field > >>>> >>>>Is there a way to do this in the mapping file? >>>>Thanks in advance. >>>>-- >>>>View this message in context: >>>>http://www.nabble.com/Help-needed-with-Mapping-and-XML-Binding >>> >>>-tf3340401.html#a9290361 >>> >>>>Sent from the Castor - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>> >>>> >>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Help-needed-with-Mapping-and-XML-Binding-tf3340401.html#a9313098 Sent from the Castor - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
