[castor-user] Schema arrays, arrayTypes and Java Source code generation

[Christopher . Jobson]

hi

I am fairly new to castor, so I hope this is not a silly question ...

I want to generate java classes from a schema, part of which is

<xsd:schema elementFormDefault="qualified"
 xmlns:xsdLocal0="http://www.siebel.com/xml/Account%20Interface";
            attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
 targetNamespace="http://www.siebel.com/xml/Account%20Interface";
            xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";>

...

<xsd:complexType name="ListOfAccountInterface">
  <xsd:sequence>
    <xsd:element name="Account" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" 
type="xsdLocal0:ArrayOfAccount">
    </xsd:element>
  </xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>

<xsd:complexType name="ArrayOfAccount">
  <xsd:complexContent mixed="false">
    <xsd:restriction base="soapenc:Array">
     <xsd:attribute aPrefix:arrayType="xsdLocal0:Account[]" 
ref="soapenc:arrayType" xmlns:aPrefix="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/";>
     </xsd:attribute>
    </xsd:restriction>
  </xsd:complexContent>
</xsd:complexType>

<xsd:complexType name="Account">
  <xsd:sequence>
  <xsd:element name="AccountId" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" 
type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
  <xsd:element name="AccountStatus" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" 
type="xsd:string"></xsd:element>
  ...
</xsd:complexType>

</xsd:schema>

Now, castor builds me a bunch of java classes as expected, plus the 
associated Descriptors.  The trouble I have is with the ArrayOfAccount 
class.  The descriptor that is built tells me that it is an array, but not 
what the *type* of the array element is.   All I can extract from the 
ArrayOfAccountDescriptor call is an XMLFieldDescriptor for the _arrayType 
field, but there is nothing in that that indicates that the underlying 
array item is of type Account.  The WSDL, however, does tell me that the 
ArrayOfAccount type contains am array of Account type items. But I guess 
this is done through the restriction definition that is associated witht 
he ArrayOfAccount type definition.

Is there anything I can do in the codegenstep that would insert extra meta 
data info inthe Descriptor class that would enable me programmatically to 
determine the Array Type ?

I am not sure how castor figures out that ArrayOfAccount is an array to 
start with, so am unsure how to get it to determine the correct array 
here.

Any pointers would be much appreciated !

thanks

chris