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For implementing a resource-oriented Web service, it has been quite
difficult for me to bridge the gap between XML schemas defining the Web
service interface (providing resources) and a Java implementation.

The main reason for my complaint is that my three options (all
involving Java) are to:

1. design a schema and generate Java types from it - this generates
different classes for different representations of a resource
2. design Java types and generate schema from it - require different
classes for supporting different representations of a resource, or
alternatively produces a single representation of a resource
3. design Java types and design schema - require manual XML processing
and a ton of challenges deploying the service and obtaining a WSDL
describing the service

As example, imagine I had to generate two representations of an order
which looked like the following XML:
<order-summary>
<number>...</number>
<placed>...</placed>
<status>...</status>
<total currency="...">...</total>
</order-summary>

<order-detail>
<number>...</number>
<placed>...</placed>
<status>...</status>
<items>
<item>
<name>...</name>
<sku>...</sku>
<count>...</count>
<price>...</price>
</item>
...
</items>
<total currency="...">...</total>
</order-detail>

I don't know of a standardized technology or a customization technique
for a standardized technology that I can use to work with a single
Order Java type that can be (un)marshalled from/to an XML stream of
either of the two representations.

I don't think either JAX-RPC or JAXWS provides any standardized support
for taking over the XML processing. Am I missing something? Do I need
to perform more research? Or is there a fundamental reason why this is
a bad idea?

I hope this topic merits a reasonable discussion.

Nikunj.

On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 15:26 -0700, nrm wrote:
>
> I hope this topic merits a reasonable discussion.
>

I just use Castor. It's not perfect, but it certainly takes me to a
place where I don't have the kind of complaints you raise in your
message.

On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:37:31 -0700, James McGill
<> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
who said :

>I just use Castor. It's not perfect, but it certainly takes me to a
>place where I don't have the kind of complaints you raise in your
>message.

tell us about why you like it and what it does.
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> I just use Castor. It's not perfect, but it certainly takes me to a
> place where I don't have the kind of complaints you raise in your
> message.

Thanks for the tip. I am also considering Castor, but that still
supports the conclusion that existing standards do not provide for
custom serialization.

Another possibility is the use of Toplink O-X mapping.
http://www.oracle.com/technology/tec...toplinkox.html

Nikunj.