In your case, not really. If <Order> et alias would be part of a bigger object hierarchy, you might be able to work with either the location attribute or the container attribute.
Werner > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Gundersen, Richard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Montag, 12. März 2007 17:06 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [castor-user] Preventing output of a certain element > > Hi > > Is it possible to suppress the output of a certain element in the XML. > For example, I have an order and orderItem, as mapped below: > > <class name="Order"> > <map-to xml="Order" /> > <field name="orderItems" collection="collection" > type="OrderItem"> > <bind-xml auto-naming="deriveByClass"/> > </field> > </class> > > <class name="OrderItem"> > <map-to xml="OrderItem" /> > <field name="orderItems" collection="collection" > type="OrderItem"> > <bind-xml auto-naming="deriveByClass"/> > </field> > </class> > > This will result in something like: > > <Order> > <OrderItem> > ... > </OrderItem> > <OrderItem> > ... > </OrderItem> > </Order> > > What I'm wondering is if it's possible to omit the 'Order' element, so I > end up with a flatter list i.e. > > <OrderItem> > ... > </OrderItem> > <OrderItem> > ... > </OrderItem> > > ..Which could be achieved by something like '<map-to none/>'. I tried > omitting the map-to element in 'Order' but as I expected, Castor uses > reflection to put in 'order'. I'd just like to ignore it comepletely, > but still output the objects inside Order. > > Regards > > Richard Gundersen > Java Developer > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 01618302398 > Fax: 01618342536 > London Scottish Bank plc > 24 Mount Street > Manchester > M2 3LS > > > *** Disclaimer *** > > This electronic communication is confidential and for the exclusive use of > the addressee. It may contain private and confidential information. The > information, attachments and opinions contained in this E-mail are those > of its author only and do not necessarily represent those of London > Scottish Bank PLC or any other members of the London Scottish Group. > > If you are not the intended addressee, you are prohibited from any > disclosure, distribution or further copying or use of this communication > or the information in it or taking any action in reliance on it. If you > have received this communication in error please notify the Information > Security Manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] as soon as possible and delete > the message from all places in your computer where it is stored. > > We utilise virus scanning software but we cannot guarantee the security of > electronic communications and you are advised to check any attachments for > viruses. We do not accept liability for any loss resulting from any > corruption or alteration of data or importation of any virus as a result > of receiving this electronic communication. > > Replies to this E-mail may be monitored for operational or business > reasons. London Scottish Bank PLC is regulated by the Financial Services > Authority. > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
