Sorry Werner
On 9/17/07, chris au <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Wener thanks for ths fast reply.
>
>
> On 9/17/07, Werner Guttmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > replies inline.
> >
> > Werner
> >
> > chris au wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was wondering whether it is possible to use castor to generate some
> > > java objects from XML.
> > One of the parts of Castor XML is a code generator that generates Java
> > classes for an XML schema instance given to it. There's various ways of
> > invoking this code generator, including e.g. an Ant task definition, a
> > Maven plugin, etc.
> >
> > In addition, Castor's code generator creates a second set of Java
> > classes, which we call 'descriptor' classes. These classes store all the
> > meta information as present in the XML schema needed for XML data
> > binding, i.e. marshalling and unmarshalling.
> >
> > > Currently I have been able to create a schema using castor and then
> > > generate the appropriate java files against the schema created. What I
> > > would like to know is whether it is possible to instantiate these
> > > files for binding with my xml file immediately.
> > Yes, that's not just an option, but the preferred way. When you used the
> > code generator, you created two set of classes: your Java (domain)
> > objects, and the descriptor classes. A descriptor class records
> > information sich as e.g. XML element names, namespaces, etc., preserving
> > the XML-related informations from your XML schema.
> >
> > With those two sets of classes, you can now start using the
> > (Un)Marshaller immediately. Just to get one more point across: as you
> > started from an XML schema and generated your Java classes and
> > descriptor classes, there's no need to use a mapping file anymore.
> > Mapping files are to be used with existing Java classes, which you want
> > to use during (un)marshalling.
> >
> > > If not what would be
> > > the recommendation.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
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