Hi Toby,
I guess you will have to use a mapping file and define a setter/adder
method to avoid that (particular) problem.
Werner
Toby wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Just a quick one, does anyone have any tips about marshalling/unmarshalling
> immutable objects? I'm not using a mapping file (at the moment) and
> discovered when one of my classes is unmarshalled (it marshals ok), it uses
> the getter to get a collection then adds to it and so "re-loads" the object
> from the XML. However, my immutable object guards against such modification
> (its immutable) and so it returns a copy of the collection (so any adds to
> it wont really count).
>
> I understood from the docs that if no getter is provided it'll try and use
> the field/direct access, is that right? Otherwise, I guess my options are to
> use a mapping file and control things better? I kinda like the default
> behaviour though ;)
>
> Cheers
>
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