Stephen, Looking at the code, I think it should be possible to set the xml:space attribute in a mapping file by using the <property> sub-element on the <bind-xml/> element for the field in question.
At least that's what I think could and should be done. Werner Stephen Bash wrote: > Chembu- > > First let me say I'd prefer that such e-mails be sent to the Castor > list rather than directly to my e-mail address. This keeps the > discussion available for others in the future and allows the larger > community to comment on your question. I'm replying to the users list > and I'd rather the conversation follow there. > > To answer your question, I don't think it's possible right now without > writing an XMLFieldDescriptor for your classes. In the Marshaller on > line 1378 the Marshaller fetches the value of the xml:space attribute >> from the XMLFieldDescriptor and if non-null, applies that value to the > current element. As far as I can tell from the Xerces XMLSerializer > code, Xerces will respect that attribute and preserve whitespace if > the attribute exists. > > The problem is, AFAIK, there's no way to set the xml:space attribute > in the FieldDescriptor in the current implementation (except by > writing your own FieldDescriptor). Can someone else comment on this? > I think in a global sense a Marshaller.setPreserveWhitespace would be > a good method to have... > > Stephen > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: May 2, 2007 1:14 PM > Subject: [Fwd: Re: How to avoid whitespace trimming] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How to avoid whitespace trimming > Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 13:22:35 -0700 > > Hi Stephen, > > Just wondering about how I can preserve whitespaces during Marshalling. > > I use the following code for Marshalling. > > StringWriter entityWriter = new StringWriter(); > Marshaller marshaller = new Marshaller(entityWriter); > marshaller.marshall(Object); > > During Marshalling Castor trimms down the whitespaces. What needs to be > added in the following code to preserve whitespaces? I don't use mapping > files. > > Thanks a lot in Advance.. > Chembu > > Stephen Bash wrote: >> >> Ralf and Alan- >> >> While digging through the UnmarshalHandler for something completely >> unrelated, I think I came across your solution. Castor looks for the >> attribute space in the namespace http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace, >> which if set to "preserve" (it is case sensitive), Castor will not strip >> trailing whitespace. >> >> So my sample output looked like this: >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <string-holder xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace";> >> <str xml:space="preserve">This is a test . </str> >> </string-holder> >> >> And in Java all the spaces were preserved. >> >> HTH, >> Stephen >> >> >> Ralf Joachim wrote: >>> Hi Alan, >>> >>> what version of castor are you using? >>> >>> I think I can remember having seen some mails or an issue in jira where >>> someone provided a solution for a situation where he also lost some >>> whitespaces. Therefore I suggest you to search jira or mailing lists. Or >>> could anyone else have a solution or can remember better then I do. >>> >>> Regards >>> Ralf >>> Castor JDO, committer >>> >>> >>> Alan Andrade schrieb: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Need help is switching off whitespace trimming .. >>>> >>>> Eg >>>> >>>> <class>Alan' Class</class> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Is printed as Alan'Class >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Is there a way to make castor ignore whitespaces rather than trim them? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Alan >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, please >> send an empty message to the following address: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> > Quoted from: > http://www.nabble.com/How-to-avoid-whitespace-trimming-tf907852.html#a2448948 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
