3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
-->
XML Schema
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xsd:element name="customer" type="customer-type"/>
<xsd:complexType name="customer-type">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="first-name" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="last-name" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="street" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="city" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>
Code Sample
XMLCompositeObjectMapping addressMapping = new XMLCompositeObjectMapping();
addressMapping.setAttributeName("address");
addressMapping.setXPath(".");
addressMapping.setReferenceClass(Address.class);
Mapping to an Element: The composite object may be mapped to an element in a corresponding XML document.
XML Schema
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xsd:element name="customer" type="customer-type"/>
<xsd:complexType name="customer-type">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="first-name" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="last-name" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="address">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="street" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="city" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:schema>
Code Sample
XMLCompositeObjectMapping addressMapping = new XMLCompositeObjectMapping();
addressMapping.setAttributeName("address");
addressMapping.setXPath("address");
addressMapping.setReferenceClass(Address.class);
More Information: For more information about using the XML Composite Object Mapping, see the "Understanding XML Mappings" chapter of the Oracle TopLink Developer's Guide.
@since Oracle TopLink 10g Release 2 (10.1.3)