Hi Werner, Thanks for your reply. No, I don't have a schema file available. I have inherited the existing codebase (Castor mappings, Java class files etc.) from previous incumbents on the project I am working on. I will have a look into the XML code generator but I am reluctant to change the class files too much as this will have an impact on other areas of the project.
In the meanwhile, is what I'm trying to achieve even possible? I'm not (yet!) overly familiar with Castor, so perhaps I'm trying to make it do something it's simply not designed to do? The easiest solution would be to avoid duplication of element names of course (if the <input> inside <custom> is changed to e.g. <foo> then everything is fine) but, unfortunately, this is not something I can guarantee. Thanks, Chris -----Original Message----- From: Werner Guttmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 July 2008 11:54 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [castor-user] Unmarshalling question Chris, before looking at your question, let me ask you something. Do you have an XML schema available that reflects your desired XML document structure ? If yes, why not use the XML code generator to generate Java classes (and descriptor classes) from your code, and let Castor handle everything automatically for you ? This approach should be far easier than writing a mapping file for such scenarios where <xs:any> are allowed in an XML schema. Regards Werner Chris Young wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to Castor so you'll have to forgive me if this is a dumb > question! :) Given the sample XML and mapping below, is there any way > of preventing the <input> element which appears within the <custom> > element from being unmarshalled using the Input class? The primary > reason for doing this is that the contents of <custom> are arbitrary > (hence the use of AnyNode). It just so happens that in this case the > element happens to match a previously defined element name. > > Sample XML: > > <device> > <input> > <!-- 'input' children omitted for brevity. --> > </input> > <output> > <!-- 'output' children omitted for brevity. --> > </output> > <custom name="theName" type="theType"> > <input> > <!-- 'input' children omitted for brevity. --> > </input> > </custom> > </device> > > > Sample Mappings: > > <class name="Input"> > <map-to xml="input" /> > <!-- Fields omitted for brevity. --> > </class> > > <class name="Custom"> > <map-to xml="custom" /> > <field name="name" direct="true" required="true"> > <bind-xml name="name" node="attribute"/> > </field> > <field name="type" direct="true" required="true"> > <bind-xml name="type" node="attribute"/> > </field> > <field name="data" direct="true" required="true" > type="org.exolab.castor.types.AnyNode"> > <bind-xml matches="*"/> > </field> > </class> > > Any help appreciated! > > Regards, > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for Softel by Star. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 _______________________________________________ This email has been scanned for Softel by Star. _______________________________________________ This email has been scanned for Softel by Star. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
