Hi,
i have a question about using JAXB 1.x.
i want to know, for a property with value = null, can i output the corresponding
element in the XML document (created by calling Marshaller.marshal(....)) instead
of just skipping it?
for example, xsd schema (excerpt):
<xsd:complexType name="persion">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="name" maxOccurs="1"
minOccurs="1" nillable="false" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="address" maxOccurs="1"
minOccurs="1" nillable="true" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
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class generated:
class Person
{
setName(...);
getName(...);
setAddress(...);
getAddress(...);
}
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If the Persion.address property of value = null...
the XML output like the following....
<persion>
<name>abc</name>
/* <address> tag not output !!! */
</persion>
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>>>HOW can i get output like the following one?
<persion>
<name>abc</name>
<address xsi:nil="true"/> /*element output with nil=true to indicate null value*/
</persion>
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BTW, i find that for property with type = xsd:dateTime ( java.util.Calendar), the tag is
output even though property value = null (not skipping it)
e.g. <start_date></start_date>
....seems not a consistent behavior..
thank you...
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