Ant's approach to mapping XML to Java objects

[JF1 <Je...@yahoo.co.uk>]

I am unfamiliar with using Ant at this time, and was reading in the
documentation for Jeewiz, that they take Ant's approach to mapping XML to
Java objects. Does anyone have a link or a book recommendation that could
expand on this for the uninitiated?
Cheers
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Re: Ant's approach to mapping XML to Java objects

[Steve Loughran <st...@apache.org>]

JF1 wrote:
> I am unfamiliar with using Ant at this time, and was reading in the
> documentation for Jeewiz, that they take Ant's approach to mapping XML to
> Java objects. Does anyone have a link or a book recommendation that could
> expand on this for the uninitiated?
> Cheers

1. The forthcoming Ant in Action book will explain the O/X mapping in 
detail; there's some slides here

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ant/core/trunk/docs/slides/extending_ant.odp?view=co

2. look at the "writing your own task" bit of the ant docs for details 
on it.


It's not that complex, and is designed for one-way XML to O mapping. Any 
setter method in a class is an attribute, if Ant can convert a java 
string to the specific type. Elements and nested text are trickier.

-steve

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