EclipseLink/DesignDocs/293925/XMLCompositeDirectCollectionMapping

XMLCompositeDirectCollectionMapping

Provide support for XML direct collection mappings via xml-element and xml-attribute.

Open Issues

• XPath - should we overload the name attribute on xml-attribute and xml-element to set the XPath, or create a new attribute xml-path?
  • The current approach is to use xml-path and NOT overload name, as name is not intended to be used in this manner
• Container Policy - JPA does not currently support container policy in their eclipselink_orm schema; the correct container policy is determined based on the property's type. Given that we are trying to keep in line with JPA, should we:
  • support neither collection class nor container policy?
  • support only collection class?
  • support only container policy?
  • support both collection class and container policy?

Example: XMLCompositeDirectCollectionMapping

The following example will demonstrate how to configure an XMLCompositeDirectCollectionMapping using XPaths via XML Metadata:

org.example.Employee.java

package org.example;
 
public class Employee {
}