XmlObject set

["Murphy, Eric" <er...@pfc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca>]

XmlBeans -

I have created a Document with XmlOptions.setValidateOnSet() as an argument.
When a setter is called with an invalid value an Exception is thrown which
is what I expect.  I was surprised to see when I call the associated getter
after calling the setter I also get an Exception.

I would expect just a null value to be returned.  When the setter was called
and failed, I would think nothing would be set and we would return to the
condition on line 7.

1   XmlOptions options = new XmlOptions();
2   options.setValidateOnSet();
3   MetadataDocument doc = MetadataDocument.Factory.newInstance(options);
4   MetadataType metaElement = doc.addNewMetadata();
5
6   // This passes as I would expect this to return null
7   assertTrue(metaElement.getType() == null);
8
9   // Set illegal value, this does and should throw an Exception
10  try {
11   metaElement.setType(MetadataTypeEnum.Enum.forString("abc")); 
12  } catch (Exception e) { /* do nothing */ }
13
14  metaElement.getType();    // This throws an Exception, I would expect
15                            // it to return null.

Eric Murphy
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