Thanks, I may give it a try.
Werner Guttmann-6 wrote: > > Okay, I think that's enough context for me to suggest a few things. > > Top of my head, I think a good starting point should be to analyze the > createClassDescriptor() method of the XMLMappingLoader class to see > where additional log statements could be inserted. > > In particular, have a look at line 182ff and 292f where the > auto-complete attribute of a ClassMapping instance is being considered > to decide how to go about descriptor creation (from a mapping, ...). > > I am more than willing to help you with any problems related to > understand the code base. > > Regards > Werner > > jimmi4664 wrote: >> I have a working mapping right now. Mapping of some classes and >> attributes is >> defined manually in the mapping xml file. Some parts of the mapping are >> auto-completed by castor. It all works perfectly. >> >> Now I want to define the parts castor auto-completes manually. This is >> because I would like to define each persisted class and it's attributes >> explicitly. I use castor mapping to basically create a "save file" of >> some >> of my classes. By defining all the mapping manually, I can 1) document >> which >> fields are stored in the savefile, and how and 2) protect against old >> savefiles getting broken when when I for example refactor the name of one >> attribute. >> >> Recreating the auto-completed is a bit time consuming and error prone. >> Some >> eg. collection mappings that work when castor auto-completes the mapping, >> seem to be a bit difficult to create by hand and figuring out where >> (un)marshalling failed takes time. That's why it would have been nice to >> see >> which kind of mapping castor automatically created and copy from that. >> >> >> >> Werner Guttmann-6 wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I don't think the current code base has support for this feature. Whilst >>> it could be added in theory, one has to keep in mind that a mapping file >>> is just one way of defining a binding between your Java classes and the >>> corresponding XML documents. >>> >>> Internally, Castor XML (as well as JDO) uses descriptor classes to >>> establish exactly that binding information, And afair there's some >>> debugging output related to establishing what descriptor(s) is being >>> used during unmarshalling. >>> >>> So how about defining what you are looking for once again - keeping in >>> mind what I have just said. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Werner >>> >>> jimmi4664 wrote: >>>> I define my XML mapping in a mapping file castor-mapping.xml. Some >>>> classes >>>> use Castor's automatically created mapping with auto-complete="true" >>>> for >>>> some or all fields, and some classes are fully configured in the file >>>> with >>>> <class name="foo" auto-complete="false"/> >>>> >>>> I want to change all classes to have auto-complete="false", so that I >>>> don't >>>> run into problems if I rename some fields and can better control what >>>> fields >>>> are mapped and what not. >>>> >>>> Can I get Castor to print out the actual mapping it generates based on >>>> the >>>> given mapping file? I have activated debug logging but that info does >>>> not >>>> seem to be logged. >>>> >>>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 > > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-to-display-actual-used-mapping--tp26575308p26604927.html Sent from the Castor - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email
