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Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:00:10 +0200
From: Harald Finster <hfinster@gmx.de>
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Hello,

this is my first posting to this list, so forgive me, if I am
asking dump questions. (At least I had a look at the archive.)

I would like to ask, if it is possible to get containers
(e.g. Lists) 'as they are' in an iteration.

Consider the following bean:

public class Book {
	String title;
	List<Writer> authors;
}

Iterating this bean with

JXPathContext context = JXPathContext.newContext(book);
i = context.iteratePointers("/*");

results in the following:

title      = "Book Title"
authors[1] = "First Author"
authors[2] = "Second Author"
...

i.e. the List is iterated instead of being returned as a List-Object.
Obviously, each list-item is regarded as a direct child of the root
of the Book object.

Is there any way to avoid this behavior?
i.e. is it possible to get something like

title   = "Book Title"
authors = [ "First Author", "Second Author" ... ] i.e. List<Author>



In XML-notation the difference would be like this:

The current behavior of 'iterate':

<book>
	<title>Book Title</title>
	<authors>First Author</authors>
	<authors>Second Author</authors>
</book>


what I would like to see is an equivalent of:

<book>
	<title>Book Title</title>
	<authors>
		<1>First Author</1>
		<2>Second Author</2>
	</authors>
</book>


By the way: in contrast to 'iterate' 'getValue("authors") returns
List<Author>


I would be grateful for any thoughts and suggestions.

With kind regards

Harald


-- 
Dr.-Ing. Harald Finster / Aachen Germany
http://www.finster-stahlart.de industrial history and architecture
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