XmlCursor is your friend here. It's really not that difficult and does exactly what you want. I suggest you start with the sample at: http://xmlbeans.apache.org/samples/OrderMatters.html (also included in the XMLBeans distribution).
Radu > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Burch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 5:25 AM > To: user@xmlbeans.apache.org > Subject: No way to get at children of a bean in order, ignoring type > > Hi All > > I have another issue for apache poi, from our nicely > generated beans from the ooxml xsd. We have one particular > bean which can have a number of children, including text, > hyperlinks and comments. The bean offers to give us an > ordered list of all the text, an ordered list of hyperlinks > etc. The snag is we can't figure out how to get all the > entries in the order they occur, irrespective of their type. > > So, for this snippet of xml (scheme is at > http://people.apache.org/~nick/wml.xsd): > <w:p w:rsidR="00812E80" w:rsidRDefault="00812E80"> > <w:r> > <w:t xml:space="preserve">We have a </w:t> > </w:r> > <w:hyperlink r:id="rId4" w:history="1"> > <w:r w:rsidRPr="00812E80"> > <w:rPr> > <w:rStyle w:val="Hyperlink"/> > </w:rPr> > <w:t>hyperlink</w:t> > </w:r> > </w:hyperlink> > <w:r> > <w:t xml:space="preserve"> here, and </w:t> > </w:r> > </w:p> > > We want to be able to get back the children in this order, > irrespective of their types. This will allow us to get the > textual data out in the order it occurs. For now, all we can > do is get all the r's, then all the hyperlinks, and our text > is then "We have a here, and hyperlink", when we really > wanted "We have a hyperlink here, and " > > Is there a trick to getting back all the children of the w:p, > in the order they occur, irrespective of the child's type? > > Thanks > Nick > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, may contain information of BEA Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, that may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by email and then delete it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
