No, the superclass is not mapped. Does it need to be? The superclass is never instantiated by itself. I wasn't sure from the documentation.

Yes, could be. Is the super class mapped as well ? And did you use the
extends="..." clause to express this inheritance ?

Werner

Nick Pilch wrote:
 Thanks for the tips. I see the benefits of using an object. However, I
 am trying to implement my solution on top of existing code, so I need to
 deal with the existing int variable.

 Previously my "field" looked like this "<field name="_duration"
 type="integer" direct="true">". Removing the underscore, now I get "The
 field duration in class ScheduleDefinition is not accessible -- the
 field must be public, not static and not transient". I remember that
 this error is why I added the underscore in the first place.

 Now, this variable is public and not transient and not static, but it
 *is* declared in a superclass. Could that be the problem?

 At 4:56 PM +0100 3/3/07, Werner Guttmann wrote:
 Nick,

 yes, Castor can definitely deal with 'int' as well as many other types
 during (un)marshalling. Please bear in mind that it's your choice
 whether to make the instance variable (_duration in your case) of type
 'int' or 'java.lang.Integer'. It all depends on your needs, whether
 there's actually a requirement to express the fact that a value has not
 been assigned yet (which would mandate the use of 'java.lang.Integer',
 as null would be a valid value), etc.

 But when mapping this instance variable in a mapping file, it's not
 relevant anymore, as you'd map the _duration member as follows:

 <field name="duration" type="integer">
    <xml-bind ... />
 </field>

 I hope this helps.
 Werner

 Nick Pilch wrote:
  I am using 1.0.5. I am following the example in
  http://castor.org/xml-mapping.html and it seems to indicate that castor
  can set the value of an int instance variable when unmarshalling. See
  the "_quantity" variable on that web page. However, when I try
 something
  like this (with a mapping file), I get the error in the subject line of
  this email:

  "Type conversion error: could not set value of _duration(int) with
 value
  of type java.lang.Integer"

  Is the documentation wrong? Do I need to use an instance variable of
  type Integer or a method taking an Integer parameter instead?

  Thanks.


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