Hi Remko, Remko Tronçon wrote:
> Hi Jörg > >> Look at the converter tutorial. The last example at the end will do this >> also. > > Oh, I must have missed that one. That seems to indeed do exactly what I > wanted. > >> Since I assume, that your type containing the Optional is currently >> handled by one of XStream's reflection-based converters, you may use >> following non- obvious approach by wrapping the ReflectionProvider: > > Works like a charm! > >> I also assume that this is Java to XML only i.e. no deserialization, >> because those fields containing Optionals referencing null will no longer >> be initialized. > > Understood. I'm falling back on readResolve for filling in the gaps. Yeah, but take care, readResolve is not hierarchically called in contrast to readObject. > Thanks a lot for your help! You're welcome. - Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please visit: http://xircles.codehaus.org/manage_email