Thanks, Josh. And yes, it looks like you've got some 600 reasons there .... ;-). Let me have a look at your issue in more detail, and I'll be back soon.
Werner PS Let me address your JAXB question in a separate email. Josh Foure wrote: > Hi Werner, > > We have about 600 classes that we currently expose via EJBs and we want > to expose some of these services to non-Java clients. We don't want to > have to regenerate another 600 classes and populate these or change the > existing EJB clients to use the new set of classes (especially since we > don't control the clients). Is that a decent reason? As an aside, if > we did go with the schema first approach, do you have an FAQ or > something that explains why one would use Castor for this scenario > instead of JAXB? > > Thanks, > Josh > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Werner Guttmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 3:58:36 PM > Subject: Re: [castor-user] Castor namespace help when using multiple schemas > > Before I reply to this, let me just ask why you don't generate Java > classes from an (existing?) XML schema, and switch away from a mapping > file based approach ? > > Werner > > Josh Foure wrote: >> Hi all, >> I am trying to use Castor 1.0M4 as my binding framework inside of XFire >> 1.2.6 but I am running into a namespace problem. I can reproduce the >> problem using Castor 1.1 which is what I will describe now. I have a >> Castor mapping file that defines the mapping for a class "order.Order" >> in the "http://order <http://order/> <http://order/>" > <http://order/>">; namespace. This order has an >> orderNumber and 2 names. The names are of type "common.Name" which is >> in the "http://common <http://common/> <http://common/>" > <http://common/>">; namespace. The mapping file >> looks as follows: >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <mapping> >> <class name="order.Order"> >> <map-to xml="order" ns-uri="http://order <http://order/> > <http://order/>" <http://order/>">; >> ns-prefix="order"/> >> <field name="orderNumber" type="integer"> >> <bind-xml name="order-number" node="element"/> >> </field> >> <field name="sellerName" type="common.Name"> >> <bind-xml name="seller-name" node="element"/> >> </field> >> <field name="buyerName" type="common.Name"> >> <bind-xml name="buyer-name" node="element"/> >> </field> >> </class> >> <class name="common.Name"> >> <map-to xml="name" ns-uri="http://common <http://common/> > <http://common/>" <http://common/>">; >> ns-prefix="common"/> >> <field name="firstName" type="java.lang.String"> >> <bind-xml name="first-name" node="element"/> >> </field> >> <field name="lastName" type="java.lang.String"> >> <bind-xml name="last-name" node="element"/> >> </field> >> </class> >> </mapping> >> >> When I create an instance of Order and pass in an orderNumber and 2 >> names, Castor generates the following XML: >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <order:order xmlns:order="http://order <http://order/> > <http://order/>" <http://order/>">;> >> <order:order-number>1234</order:order-number> >> <common:seller-name xmlns:common="http://common <http://common/> > <http://common/>" <http://common/>">;> >> <common:first-name>Bob</common:first-name> >> <common:last-name>Smith</common:last-name> >> </common:seller-name> >> <common:buyer-name xmlns:common="http://common <http://common/> > <http://common/>" <http://common/>">;> >> <common:first-name>Fred</common:first-name> >> <common:last-name>Peterson</common:last-name> >> </common:buyer-name> >> </order:order> >> >> The problem is that I cannot generate an XML schema for this (I want a >> schema for my common types and another for the order). If my >> seller-name and buyer-name complex types use the "type" attribute to >> specify my common Name type, then the namespace of seller-name and >> buyer-name should be "order" and not "common". If my complex types use >> the "ref" attribute to point to a Name element in my common schema, then >> I cannot change the name of the element from "name" to "buyer-name" and >> "seller-name". Please let me know if I am missing something and there >> is a way to have Castor generate XML in such a way that I can break out >> the schemas. >> >> I am happy to reply back with the schema I would like to use but I did >> not want to clutter up this initial email. >> Thank you, >> Josh >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. >> Visit the Yahoo! 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