Castor Mapping with XSLT

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wlaver@gmail.com - 21 Aug 2006 21:37 GMT

I am marshalling a java object to xml. I would like to include a
stylesheet declaration in my castor mapping xml file.

My mapping file looks as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="main-summary.xsl"?>
<mapping>
content ...
</mapping>

When I marshal the java object, the xml file is created, but the
<?xml-stylesheet line is dropped and no error is reported.

Does anyone know why this happens, or another way that I can output the
xml file with a stylesheet declared?

Thanks,

Mike

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Daniel Dyer - 21 Aug 2006 21:46 GMT

> I am marshalling a java object to xml. I would like to include a
> stylesheet declaration in my castor mapping xml file.
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> Does anyone know why this happens, or another way that I can output the
> xml file with a stylesheet declared?

It's because your stylesheet line applies to the mapping file, not the
file output by Castor. Take a look at the addProcessingInstruction of the
Marshaller class
(http://www.castor.org/api/org/exolab/castor/xml/Marshaller.html#addProcessingIns
truction(java.lang.String,
java.lang.String))

You need to do something like this:

marshaller.addProcessingInstruction("xml-stylesheet",
"href=\"main-summary.xsl\" type=\"text/xsl\"");

Dan.

P.S. After trying JiBX (http://www.jibx.org), I doubt I will use Castor
XML again. The mapping files are more elegant, my XML processing was 9
times faster and I had more control over the mapped classes (didn't have
to expose public setters and have non-final fields).

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mbuckley - 21 Aug 2006 22:12 GMT

Thanks Dan, that worked for me.

I will take a look at JiBX, as I have similar complaints about castors
mapping files.

Cheers,

Mike

> > I am marshalling a java object to xml. I would like to include a
> > stylesheet declaration in my castor mapping xml file.
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> times faster and I had more control over the mapped classes (didn't have
> to expose public setters and have non-final fields).

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