Dear all!
I'm evaluating object2xml tools for using in a project with very complex
object relationships. Now the finalists are Castor and JiBX. Basically I
like Castor's simple and clean mapping syntax very much. JiBX can do
more in term of decoupling the xml representation and their model
objects but the mapping synatx is wordier. Things like performance do
not really matter in my case. Ease of use does count (a big plus for
Castor). The crucial thing is, I must map nested objects (very complex
objects, by the way) using their ids, otherwise the output xml will be
bloated with repeated representation of huge objects.
To be concrete, please have a look here:
http://jibx.sourceforge.net/tutorial/binding-collects.html#collects
The feature in the section "Working with IDs" is exactly what I want. I
read the Castor tutorial again ( http://castor.org/xml-mapping.html )
and did not see similar feature. Of course I can tweak my model object
classe to have the id of the member object as a member field and only
map that id field. But that's not really an elegant solution. Did I miss
anything in the Castor tutorial? Any hint or how-to advice would be
highly appreciated!
Best Regards,
Ellen N. Zhao
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