hi I guess the issue is that when I analyse the Descriptor for the ArrayOfAccount object, the descriptor gives no information about the actual type of array element. So I have no programmatic means of determining what the underlying type of element that is stored in the ArrayOfAccount. All I can do with the ArrayOfAccountDescriptor is obtain a XMLFieldDescriptor for anyObject - the holder in the ArrayOfAccount instance itself that holds the array elements.
If I use wsdl2j in the Axis stuff, I do manage to get information about the underlying array element type. This is a bit different in that the ArrayOfAccount class object has a method that allows an instance to return the contains elements - but using Java reflection you can find out that the method returns an array of Account types, which is just fine. So I am wondering how I can use Castor to programmatically determine the type of the underlying array element when using array types in XSDs. Ideally I want tofind ou tthat the ArrayOfAccount object holds elements of type Account. Now when castor parses the xsd file, it correctly creates Array class objects - just straight from the schema. I am just trying to write some code that allows me to take a top level schema type def and 'walk' the hierarchy of nested types. Any clues? Am I explaining my self well enough? thanks chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Jobson Staff Software Engineer Sybase (UK) Limited Telephone number +44 (0)1628 597263 Fax number +44 (0)1628 597319 Sybase (UK) Limited, Sybase Court, Crown Lane, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 8QZ is a company incorporated in England & Wales under company registration number 2175260. NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain confidential information and may be protected by the attorney-client privilege. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this communication or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and please immediately delete it from your computer. Werner Guttmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 16/11/2007 18:47 Please respond to [email protected] To [email protected] cc Subject Re: [castor-user] Schema arrays, arrayTypes and Java Source code generation Hi Christopher, I am not sure I fully understand the problem .. :-(. Do you have problems with e.g. unmarshalling, using the classes generated by Castor's code generator ? Or am I mis-reading something completely ? Werner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
