I am assuming you also have a declaration for the Programmer element, which doesn't appear in the Schema fragment you posted, something like:
<xsd:element name="Programmer" type="Programmer" substitutionGroup="Person"/> (without this element declaration, the instance you show is invalid). If you do, then you still need to tell XMLBeans to use that element, by calling XmlObject.substitute(). See the thread "xsi:type related question (long)": http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/xmlbeans-user/200804.mbox/brows er Radu > -----Original Message----- > From: Henry Barnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 1:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: element with ref problem > > Hi, > I have the following xsd > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; > xmlns="urn:test" > targetNamespace="urn:test"> > <xsd:element name="smallCar" type="Car"/> > <xsd:complexType name="Car"> > <xsd:all> > <xsd:element ref="person" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" /> > </xsd:all> > </xsd:complexType> > > <xsd:element name="person" type="Person" abstract="true"/> > > <xsd:complexType name="Person" abstract="true"> > <xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:ID" /> > </xsd:complexType> > > <xsd:complexType name="Programmer"> > <xsd:complexContent> > <xsd:extension base="Person"> > <xsd:attribute name="pId" type="xsd:int" /> > </xsd:extension> > </xsd:complexContent> > </xsd:complexType> > </xsd:schema> > > Which generates all the right classes, I then have the following test. > > import org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlOptions; > > import test.Car; > import test.Programmer; > import test.SmallCarDocument; > > public class Helper { > public static void main(String args[]) { > SmallCarDocument doc = > SmallCarDocument.Factory.newInstance(); > Car car = doc.addNewSmallCar(); > > Programmer person = Programmer.Factory.newInstance(); > person.setPId(22); > person.setId("ID"); > car.setPerson(person); > > XmlOptions xmlOptions = new XmlOptions(); > xmlOptions.setSavePrettyPrint(); > xmlOptions.setSavePrettyPrintIndent(4); > > String output = doc.xmlText(xmlOptions); > System.out.println(output); > } > } > > Which outputs > <urn:smallCar xmlns:urn="urn:test"> > <urn:person pId="22" id="ID" xsi:type="urn:Programmer" > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/> > </urn:smallCar> > > Where I would have expected it to output <urn:smallCar > xmlns:urn="urn:test"> > <Programmer pId="22" id="ID" > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/> > </urn:smallCar> > > The former of the two being invalid because person is abstract > >> error: cvc-elt.2: Element '[EMAIL PROTECTED]:test' is abstract > and cannot be > used in an instance > I've searched and looked for an answer to make it so that > XMLBeans will serialize it into the latter to no avail. Can > anyone help? > > Regards, > Henry > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
