Thank you for your reply. It works fine, but now, I'm having another problem related to this.
When I marshall the object, the vehicle tags in the xml file doesn't contain the xsi:type attribute. For that reason, when I unmarshall the object I get an error. Do you know how can I specify this attribute in the mapping file so that it appears in the resultant xml file? I've tried using the type attribute of <bind-xml> tag but it doesn't work. Thank you very much. 2011/4/19 吕晓一 <[email protected]> > Hi, here is an example. > > > > <myClass> > > <vehiclelist> > > <vehicle/> > > <vehicle/> > > </vehiclelist> > > </myClass> > > > > You should define a Vehicle class and a mapping-file for it, and you should > include this mapping-file in the main mapping-file > > > > <include href=”VehicleMap.xml”/> > > <class name="your.package.MyClass" auto-complete="true"> > > <map-to xml="myClass"/> > > <field name="vehicles" type="your.package.Vehicle" > collection="arraylist"> > > <bind-xml name="vehicle” node="element" location="vehiclelist"/> > > </field> > > </class> > > > > > > > > > > > > *发件人:* Jose Antonio [mailto:[email protected]] > *发送时间:* 2011年4月19日 15:33 > *收件人:* [email protected] > *主题:* [castor-user] Exception while mapping a java.util.List attribute > > > > Hello, I've got a problem mapping a class whose one of its attributes is a > java.util.List. I'm getting the following exception: > > > > Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error > creating bean with name 'xmlContext' defined in class path resource > [applicationContext.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception > is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: list is not a valid > FieldMappingCollectionType > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1338) > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:473) > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409) > > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:380) > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:264) > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:222) > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261) > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185) > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164) > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionValueResolver.resolveReference(BeanDefinitionValueResolver.java:269) > > ... 154 more > > Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: list is not a valid > FieldMappingCollectionType > > at > org.exolab.castor.mapping.xml.types.FieldMappingCollectionType.valueOf(FieldMappingCollectionType.java:249) > > at > org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLMappingLoader.createFieldDesc(XMLMappingLoader.java:625) > > at > org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.AbstractMappingLoader.createFieldDescriptors(AbstractMappingLoader.java:408) > > at > org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLMappingLoader.createClassDescriptor(XMLMappingLoader.java:231) > > at > org.exolab.castor.mapping.loader.AbstractMappingLoader.createClassDescriptors(AbstractMappingLoader.java:255) > > at > org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLMappingLoader.loadMapping(XMLMappingLoader.java:152) > > at > org.castor.mapping.MappingUnmarshaller.getMappingLoader(MappingUnmarshaller.java:164) > > at > org.castor.mapping.MappingUnmarshaller.getMappingLoader(MappingUnmarshaller.java:130) > > at org.exolab.castor.xml.XMLContext.addMapping(XMLContext.java:82) > > at > org.castor.spring.xml.XMLContextFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(XMLContextFactoryBean.java:121) > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1369) > > at > org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1335) > > ... 164 more > > > > What I am trying to do is: > > > > I want the java.util.List attribute to be mapped with a diferent name in > the xml file. For example, if the attribute is: > > > > private List<Vehicle> vehicles; > > > > I want this attribute to be mapped with the name "myVehicles" in the xml > file. > > > > What I have done in the mapping file is: > > > > <class name="MyClass" auto-complete="true"> > > <map-to xml="myClass"/> > > <field name="vehicles"><bind-xml name="myVehicles"/></field> > > </class> > > > > Please, if anyone knows what it is happening, help. > > > > Thanks in advance >

