Ellen- Have you seen:
http://castor.org/how-to-use-references-in-xml.html I think that's basically what you're looking for, but feel free to elaborate if it doesn't quite fit your needs. Thanks, Stephen On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Ning Zhao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
