I updated the Getter and Setter Methods. I realized that I had been playing, trying to get them to work and had made them unreadable. I also added some comments to explain what I was doing and what I was expecting. Thanks for reading this! I'm trying to UnMarshal a collection of objects that I have successfully Marshalled. I'm a little confused. In the getter method for the collection, I traverse the collection, create a vector of objects, and the Marshaller takes it and puts it into very pretty XML. I expected that the UnMarshaller would take this very pretty XML and create a vector of objects and call my setter method so that I could set the reference to this set of objects, or process them, etc. However, what happens is that my setter method is passed a vector containing very pretty XML. Am I supposed to call the UnMarshaller on this Vector? If so, would someone give me some guidance or point me to some kind of example? I've listed my getter and setter methods below, as well as the vector.toString() that is passed to the setter, as well as the line from the Mapping file that I used. Thanks in advance for your help!! <field name="coverages" type="com.csc.fs.life.lifecomm.business.Coverage" collection="vector"> </field> public Vector getCoverages() { //method specifically for Castor. Castor's Marshaller calls this //method to get a vector of Coverage objects Vector coverageVector= new Vector(); if (coverages == null) { return null; } // Get the Coverage Objects from their current container csc.fs.List theCoverages = coverages.getList(); int coverages_count = theCoverages.size(); // get the size of the coverages collection //create a vector containing Coverage objects int count = 0; for (int x = 0; x < coverages_count; x++) { Coverage n = (Coverage) theCoverages.get(x); coverageVector.add(n); count++; } // return vector of coverage objects // These objects are marshalled correctly by Castor return coverageVector; } public void setCoverages(Vector coverageList) { //method specifically for Castor. Castor's UnMarshaller calls this //method to when UnMarshalling a vector of Coverage objects if (coverageList == null) { return; } coverages = new FSCollection(Coverage.class); // How many objects in the Vector from the Unmarshaller? int coverages_count = coverageList.size(); // get the size of the coverages collection // Add each object in Vector returned by unMarshaller to // Coverages container (FSCollection) int count = 0; for (int x = 0; x < coverages_count; x++) { System.out.println(coverageList.get(x).toString()); // // SOURCE OF MY CONFUSION // //expected coverageList.get(x) to return a Coverage object. // Instead, it's an XML document Coverage n = (Coverage) coverageList.get(x); coverages.add(n); count++; } } [<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <comp_cd>P00</comp_cd>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <pol_no>FB003561LL </pol_no>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <pend_ind>N</pend_ind>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cov_phs>1</cov_phs>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <plob_no>20-Traditional</plob_no>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <plan_cd_ds>FB020N</plan_cd_ds>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cov_stat>45-Reduced Paid-Up</cov_stat>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cov_unit>1.884</cov_unit>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cov_value>29.7</cov_value>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <face_value>55.95</face_value>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <issue_age>26</issue_age>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <issue_date>1962-02-15T00:00:00.000-06:00</issue_date>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <maturity_dt>2036-02-15T00:00:00.000-06:00</maturity_dt>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <dbp>A-Cov Face Amt + CV</dbp>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <pay_up_dt>2001-08-15T00:00:00.000-05:00</pay_up_dt>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <sex_in>M-Male</sex_in>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <lastmaintdt>2004-02-16T19:58:52.000-06:00</lastmaintdt>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <lastmaintusr>NGLoader</lastmaintusr>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <source_sys>LIFECOMM </source_sys>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ann_prem_per_unit>0.0</ann_prem_per_unit>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <comm_phs_cd>1</comm_phs_cd>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <commute_int_rt>0.0</commute_int_rt>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <commute_int_rule>0</commute_int_rule>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <commute_rule/>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cov_class>1-Life</cov_class>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cov_grp_cd>1</cov_grp_cd>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cov_nfo>5-Purchase RPU</cov_nfo>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cov_nfo_adj>1</cov_nfo_adj>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cov_nfo_rule>2</cov_nfo_rule>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cov_sub_phs>0</cov_sub_phs>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <div_sel_cd>0</div_sel_cd>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <inc_ben_amt>0.0</inc_ben_amt>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <inc_ben_level>0</inc_ben_level>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <lives_mort_tbl>1</lives_mort_tbl>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <nfo_eti_cd>0</nfo_eti_cd>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <nfo_rpu_cd>1</nfo_rpu_cd>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <orig_mat_dt>2036-02-15T00:00:00.000-06:00</orig_mat_dt>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <par_cd>0</par_cd>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <pol_exhibit>C</pol_exhibit>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <prod_cont_cd>A</prod_cont_cd>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <prod_cont_key>NB</prod_cont_key>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <prod_eff_dt>1962-02-15T00:00:00.000-06:00</prod_eff_dt>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <qual_rider_stat/>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rpu_dur>22.18</rpu_dur>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rpu_dur1>22.48</rpu_dur1>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rpu_dur2>22.771758</rpu_dur2>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rpu_lo_dur>42.0</rpu_lo_dur>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rpu_rnd_cd>3</rpu_rnd_cd>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <series>APQ01</series>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <true_age>26</true_age>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <values_use_cd>2</values_use_cd>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <nfo_eti_bene>1</nfo_eti_bene>, <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <cov_mrt_cd_pl/>] ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. 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