Kenneth, There is no separate document for this, but there are several examples: see all classes in the ..jxpath.ri.model subtree - you have there implementations for beans, DOM, JDOM, collections, containers etc.
- Dmitri --- Kenneth Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dmitri, > > It is not possible to change the code generated by Castor. Therefore > I will > try to implement > a NodePointer-NodeIterator-NodePointerFactory. Are there any examples > or > documentation that > may help me in this endeavour. > > Best Regards > Kenneth Petersen > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dmitri Plotnikov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 9. oktober 2002 16:52 > > To: Jakarta Commons Developers List > > Subject: Re: Customizing JXPath. Custom Containers. > > > > > > Kenneth, > > > > I am not familiar with Castor enough to give you specific > > recommendations, but here are some general ideas. > > > > 1. The mapping of paths to objects in JXPath is based on the > JavaBean > > specification. So, I guess I would first look into flattening > > properties to make the beans conform strictly to the JavaBean > > spec. For > > example, if Request had a method like > > > > public Errors getErrors(){ > > return getRequestChoice().getErrors(); > > } > > > > you could get the Errors object (or null) with the > "/request/errors" > > path. > > > > 2. If adding code to the Castor-genned classes is not an option, > you > > might consider writing a > NodePointer-NodeIterator-NodePointerFactory > > familiy of classes for specific support of Castor-style objects. > This > > may be a little involved, as APIs of those classes, especially > > NodePointer, are rather wide. You might be able to inherit your > > implementations from BeanPointer, etc, thus re-using some of the > > JavaBean support for the Castor object. > > > > Let me know if any of this helps. > > > > - Dmitri > > > > > > --- Kenneth Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > I am using Castor for creating java objects capable of containing > > > data > > > conforming to certain xsd-schemas. When using Castor to > > create a java > > > structure capable of containing data of xml entities following > > > schema: > > > > > > <xs:element name="Request"> > > > <xs:complexType> > > > <xs:sequence> > > > <xs:choice> > > > <xs:element name="Success" > > > type="SuccessType"/> > > > <xs:element name="Errors" > > > type="ErrorsType"/> > > > </xs:choice> > > > </xs:sequence> > > > </xs:complexType> > > > </xs:element> > > > > > > Castor creates a "Request" class containing a "RequestChoice" > > > container > > > containing either a "Success" or "Errors" object. > > > > > > I would like to use JXPath to access the data of the java objects > > > using > > > X-Path expressions identifying values of the original xml-entity. > > > Taking the > > > example from before, I would like to use expression > > "/Request/Errors" > > > to > > > access the "Errors" children of an xml-entity. I am not capable > of > > > doing > > > this without being able to configure JXPath so that properties of > > > classes > > > "Xxx" following the naming pattern "XxxChoice" are identifies as > > > being > > > containers. Is this at all possible? If so some clues as to how > this > > > is > > > accomplished would be much appreciated. > > > > > > Best Regards > > > Kenneth Petersen > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More > > http://faith.yahoo.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
