Hi,
I have a requirement where in one of my classes(executive) have an
arraylist which is of type super class, let us say "reference". and this
arraylist can hold any of its sub classes , let us say "refphone"
"refaddress" "refemail" etc...
And the xml that I woule be unmarshalling would be something like
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<executive>
<jobTitle>SE</jobTitle>
<referenceList>
<refAddress>
<individualID>0</individualID>
<address>
<stateID>2</stateID>
<countryID>4</countryID>
</address>
<addressID>0</addressID>
</refAddress>
<refAddress>
<individualID>0</individualID>
<address>
<stateID>0</stateID>
<countryID>0</countryID>
</address>
<addressID>0</addressID>
</refAddress>
<refEmail>
<individualID>0</individualID>
<email>
<emailAddress>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</emailAddress>
<activeEmailFlag>true</activeEmailFlag>
</email>
</refEmail>
</referenceList>
</executive>
And I have defined the mapping as below.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE mapping PUBLIC "-//EXOLAB/Castor Mapping DTD Version 1.0//EN"
"http://castor.org/mapping.dtd";>
<mapping>
<class name="com.busdb.domain.Executive">
<map-to xml="executive"/>
<field name="jobTitle" type="java.lang.String"/>
<field name="propertyList" type="com.busdb.domain.Reference"
collection="arraylist" container="false" >
<bind-xml name="propertyList"/>
</field>
</class>
<class name="com.busdb.domain.Reference">
<field name="individualID" type="java.lang.Long"/>
</class>
<class name="com.busdb.domain.RefAddress "
extends="com.busdb.domain.Reference" >
<map-to xml="RefAddress"/>
<field name="address" type="com.busdb.domain.Address"/>
</class>
<class name="com.busdb.domain.Address" >
<map-to xml="address"/>
<field name="addressLine1" type="java.lang.String">
<bind-xml name="addressLine1"/>
</field>
<field name="postalCode" type="java.lang.String"/>
</class>
<class name="com.busdb.domain.RefEmail"
extends="com.busdb.domain.Reference">
<map-to xml="refEmail"/>
<field name="email" type="com.busdb.domain.Email">
</field>
</class>
<class name="com.infousa.busdb.domain.Email" >
<map-to xml="email"/>
<field name="emailAddress" type="java.lang.String">
<bind-xml name="emailAddress"/>
</field>
</class>
</mapping>
I tried to unmarshal the above xml , and mapping to an "executive"
object. And surprisingly the first element of the arraylist of the
object generated has the XML tags in it something like below.
[<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<refAddress>
<individualID>0</individualID>
<address>
<stateID>2</stateID>
<countryID>4</countryID>
</address>
<addressID>0</addressID>
</refAddress>,<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<refAddress>
<individualID>0</individualID>
<address>
<stateID>0</stateID>
<countryID>0</countryID>
</address>
<addressID>0</addressID>
</refAddress>,<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<refEmail>
<individualID>0</individualID>
<email>
<emailAddress>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</emailAddress>
<activeEmailFlag>true</activeEmailFlag>
</email>
</refEmail>]
How Do I get the refarraylist to be populated with different subclasses
of type reference?
