Re: [eclipselink-users] [MOXy] overriding mapped xpaths in inheritance h

["polly.c.chang" <polly.c.chang@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Does anyone know what I should expect EclipseLink to do in the scenario
below?

Thanks!
--Polly


polly.c.chang wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Given these classes:
> 
> public class Parent {
>     String field1;
> }
> 
> public class Child extends Parent {
>     String field2;
> }
> 
> I know that if I *don't* set up a class mapping for "Parent", I can create
> a class mapping for "Child" that defines attribute mappings for both
> "field1" (the attribute belonging to the Parent) and "field2" (the
> attribute belonging to the Child).
> 
> Now what if I:
> 
> 1.  Set up a class mapping for "Parent" that has an attribute mapping for
> "field1" set to an xpath of "foo/text()"
> 2.  Set up a class mapping for "Child" with an "inheritance policy" for
> "Parent", and define attribute mappings for "field1" and "field2".  The
> xpath for "field1" is "bar/text()".
> 
> What happens in that case?  Does the Child's mapping for "field1" override
> the mapping defined in Parent?  Or is it ignored?  Or does this cause an
> exception?  
> 
> I could probably guess by doing some trial and error, but I'd like to know
> what the expected behavior is (especially since there are multiple
> versions of EclipseLink now :).
> 
> Thanks!
> --Polly
> 

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