Hi Werner,
Thank you for your help.
To be sure I understand you, you mean that the default introspector that
Castor uses will not under any circumstances complain about encountering
tags it cannot resolve ?
Thanks,
Rodney
> I don't think that this possible without specifying at least a partial
> mapping. Don't forget that you do not have to specify a mapping for all
> classes used, as Castor will use its (default) introspector for any
> classes for which there's no mapping.
>
> Werner
>
> Rodney Ryan wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I am using Castor to unmarshal a very simple XML document and I wish to
>> have Castor indicate when it encounters anything in the XML that it
>> cannot
>> unmarshal. I am not using a mapping file as the XML to Java conversion
>> is
>> simple and straight-forward.
>>
>> I have searched high and low and googled and looked in the javadocs and
>> done all I can to find out how to do this, but to no success. Castor
>> continues to silently ignore the error in the XML.
>>
>> So now I am asking you for help, and hoping someone will kindly answer
>> this
>> very simple question.
>>
>> Take the following class:
>>
>> public class Library {
>>
>> private List<String> books;
>>
>> public Library() {
>> books = new LinkedList<String>();
>> }
>>
>> public void addBook(String title) {
>> books.add(title);
>> }
>>
>> public String toString() {
>> return "Books = " + books;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> with this XML file "library.xml" (the misspelled "boook" is
>> intentional):
>>
>> <library>
>> <book>War And Peace</book>
>> <book>Ulysses</book>
>> <boook>Crime And Punishment</boook>
>> </library>
>>
>> and with this Castor application:
>>
>> public class CastorTest {
>> public static void main(String[] args) {
>> try {
>> Unmarshaller unmarshaller = new
>> Unmarshaller(Library.class);
>> unmarshaller.setIgnoreExtraAttributes(false);
>> unmarshaller.setIgnoreExtraElements(false);
>> unmarshaller.setValidation(true);
>> Reader reader = new FileReader(new File("library.xml"));
>> Library library =
>> (Library)unmarshaller.unmarshal(reader);
>> System.out.println(library);
>> } catch (Exception e) {
>> e.printStackTrace();
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> The 3rd book in the library file is misspelled "boook". I want Castor to
>> tell me somehow that this is something it does not understand.
>>
>> No matter what I do, the program runs without throwing an Exception or
>> printing an error message. The output of the above is:
>>
>> Books = [War And Peace, Ulysses]
>>
>> Please answer this specific question:
>>
>> Exactly what should I add/remove/change in the
>> CastorTest class above to accomplish this ?
>>
>> Thank you very much !
>>
>> - Rodney
>>
>>
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