Hi Wolfgang,
I've tried out methods proposed by you and everything (marshalling and
unmarshalling) works now!
BTW, as a result of producing the required format for XML, jersey-json based
on the same JAXB annotations produces a proper natural JSON representation
now.
Thanks a lot!
-Leo
Wolfgang Laun-2 wrote:
>
> 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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