Hello Leo,
On 18 June 2010 19:43, Leo Romanoff <romixlev_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Wolfgang,
>
>> Say, you have a class Cabinet, where your Map should ultimately be a
>> field.
>> For unmarshalling arbitrary content, you'll need another field
>> Object any
>>as the root of your arbitrary <k>v</k> stuff. (I'm not seriously
> considering
>>of using the Object any to store the Map, too.) You can do the conversions
>>after the document has been unmarshalled. If you are worried about the
> effort
>>for walking the final tree, you might look into
>>javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller.Listener, method afterUnmarshal, and do it in
>>the callback.
>
> OK. I understand now how to unmarshall.
>
> But what about marshalling?
It's simply the reverse process.
> Should I somehow produce a DOM tree for my map, so that it is used for the
> xsd:any element?
Yes, same as you get by unmarshalling.
> Should I store this DOM tree into the "Object any" element?
Yes.
> When and how should I do it?
Anytime during the composition of your document tree, before you
call marshal to produce the top level XML.
> May be there is something like a special
> listener or beforeUnmarshal callback?
>
There is javax.xml.bind.Marshaller.Listener, with before and after callbacks,
but you might be able to do without this complication.
-W
> Thanks again,
> Leo
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