Hi! I followed your example and changed the org.exolab.castor.xml.serializer.factory - property to org.exolab.castor.xml.XercesXMLSerializerFactory instead of the default and it worked! I didn't even have to add the Xexces-libraries, so it seems they are present in some way
Thank you Werner for your fast response with a solution! //Daniel ps Why do I get a feeling that Websphere is not the first choice of server for you ;) On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Werner Guttmann <[email protected]>wrote: > Daniel, > > the exception seems to be indicating that WebShhere 7.0 (again , I have > to say) provides a different XML parser with their product, and as such > the default one for Castor (Xerces, as included with the JRE/JDK) cannot > be found. > > You could activate one of the other XML serializers, and see whether you > are more lucky. If that doe snot help, either, we could add a new one > (should this really, really be required). > > Have a look at the castor.xml.properties file (as shipped with Castor > XML), and at the 'org.exolab.castor.xml.serializer.factory' property in > particular: > > # Defines the (default) XML serializer factory to use by Castor, which must > # implement org.exolab.castor.xml.SerializerFactory; default is > # org.exolab.castor.xml.XercesXMLSerializerFactory, using the Xerces > # instance as shipped with the JRE. > # > # Even when using Castor XML with Java 5.0 and above, you may still want > # to switch to the XercesXMLSerializerFactory, which will use a stand-alone > # Xerces instance you will have to downloaded manually. > # > # Possible values: > # - org.exolab.castor.xml.XercesJDK5XMLSerializerFactory (default) > # - org.exolab.castor.xml.XercesXMLSerializerFactory > # > # Sample: > # To switch to an externally supplied version of Xerces, set the property > # as follows: > # <pre> > # > > org.exolab.castor.xml.serializer.factory=org.exolab.castor.xml.XercesXMLSerializerFactory > # </pre> > > org.exolab.castor.xml.serializer.factory=org.exolab.castor.xml.XercesJDK5XMLSerializerFactory > > Simply override this property in a castor.properties file, and see > whether any of the given factories does resolve your problem. > > Regards > Werner > > Daniel Nilsson wrote: > > Hi! > > I am trying to use castor-xml (1.3) in Websphere 7.0 > > When I try to mashal an object I get the following exception > > > > > > Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not instantiate serializer > > com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize.XMLSerializer: > > java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > > com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.serialize.XMLSerializer > > at > > > org.exolab.castor.xml.XercesJDK5Serializer.<init>(XercesJDK5Serializer.java:58) > > at > > > org.exolab.castor.xml.XercesJDK5XMLSerializerFactory.getSerializer(XercesJDK5XMLSerializerFactory.java:34) > > at > > > org.exolab.castor.xml.util.XMLParserUtils.getSerializer(XMLParserUtils.java:224) > > at > > > org.castor.xml.AbstractInternalContext.getSerializer(AbstractInternalContext.java:363) > > at > > org.exolab.castor.xml.Marshaller.configureSerializer(Marshaller.java:389) > > at > org.exolab.castor.xml.Marshaller.setWriter(Marshaller.java:383) > > at org.exolab.castor.xml.Marshaller.<init>(Marshaller.java:368) > > at org.exolab.castor.xml.Marshaller.marshal(Marshaller.java:803) > > > > > > Could anyone please help me out what i am doing wrong? > > > > I found the follwing issue in jira > > http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/CASTOR-2411 which seems to discuss the > > problem, but I can't understand how to get around the problem. > > > > regards > > Daniel > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: > > http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email > > > -- //Daniel
