From: ofira shaer <oshaer_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:35:42 +0300

Hi.


I am trying to define a list of complex elements, specifically, an Action
that contains some Fields.

My schema definitions are as follows:




<xs:complexType name="Field">
*

<xs:sequence>
*

<xs:element *ref*="FieldName"/>

<xs:element name="FieldValue" type="xs:string"/>
*

</xs:sequence>
*

</xs:complexType>


<xs:complexType name="Action">

*<xs:sequence>*

<xs:element name="ActionName" type="ActionName"/>

<xs:element name="ActionCode" type="ActionCode"/>

<xs:element name="FieldsList" type="Field" minOccurs="0"
maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
*

</xs:sequence>
*

</xs:complexType>


Jaxb maps this into an Action class that has a getFieldsList() method,
returning a List<Field> , which is exactly what i want.

The problem is that in the resulting XML, I get this:

<Action>
      * <FieldsList>*
         <FieldName>
         <FieldValue>

   * <FieldsList>*
        <FieldName>
        <FieldValue>

  * <FieldsList>*
        <FieldName>
        <FieldValue>
</Action>

While I expect:

<Action>
     * <Field>*
        <FieldName>
        <FieldValue>

    *<Field>*
        <FieldName>
        <FieldValue>

   * <Field>*
        <FieldName>
        <FieldValue>
</Action>

Of course if i change the Action definition to

<xs:element name="Field" type="Field" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>

I get a function getField() which returns a List<Field>, and this is not
reasonable.

Is there anyway to get this to work as I expect?

Thanks.
Ofira.