Hi James, If you really want the format with the customer names as element names you could do this using a custom marshaller/unmarshaller. It's an unusual form of XML, though, and if you're planning to use the XML with other tools you're probably better off switching to the customer name as an attribute on the fixed "Customer" element name, as Thomas suggested.
Cheers, - Dennis Dennis M. Sosnoski SOA and Web Services in Java Training and Consulting http://www.sosnoski.com - http://www.sosnoski.co.nz Seattle, WA +1-425-939-0576 - Wellington, NZ +64-4-298-6117 jamesavery22 wrote: > Thanks Thomas > > > Thomas Jones-Low wrote: > >> The problem is that your example isn't valid XML as JiBX knows it. JiBX >> assumes you have predefined all the tag names. You either need to know >> the complete list of customers ahead of time or the use the structure as >> <customers> >> <customer name="john"> <age>27</age> </customer> >> <customer name="bill"> <age>29</age> </customer> >> </customers> >> >> -- >> Thomas Jones-Low Softstart Services Inc. >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] JobScheduler for Oracle >> Ph: 802-398-1012 http://www.softstart.com >> >> jamesavery22 wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the reply. My problem is I'll never be able to put >>> <structure >>> name="John"... because "John" will never be known. Its a value in some >>> class not the name of the instance of that class. >>> >>> >>> gka wrote: >>> >>>> the binding XML will be >>>> >>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >>>> <binding value-style="attribute"> >>>> <mapping class="Customer" name="Customer" > >>>> <structure name="John" map-as="commonTag"/> >>>> <structure name="bill" map-as="commonTag"/> >>>> </mapping> >>>> <mapping type-name="commonTag" class="commonTag" abstract="true"> >>>> <value style="attribute" name= "age" field= "age" usage="optional"/> >>>> <value style="attribute" name= "age" field= "age" usage="optional"/> >>>> </mapping> >>>> </binding> >>>> >>>> You class definition is wrong. >>>> You will have to have a class definition like this >>>> >>>> public class Customer { >>>> commonTag john ; >>>> commonTag bill ; >>>> } >>>> >>>> public class commonTag{ >>>> string name; >>>> string age; >>>> } >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> jamesavery22 wrote: >>>> >>>>> The xml I want looks like this: >>>>> >>>>> <customers> >>>>> <john> >>>>> <age>27</age> >>>>> </john> >>>>> <bill> >>>>> <age>29</age> >>>>> </bill> >>>>> </customers> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> and the class is like this: >>>>> >>>>> public class Customer { >>>>> private string name; >>>>> private string age; >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> How can I just get the structure name to be based on the field "name?" >>>>> >>>>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >> prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >> world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> jibx-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jibx-users >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ jibx-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jibx-users
