Mapping mixed content type using XStream

Question

A question on creating java class for following XML node which contains a error code and description on the same element. My question is about how could I map the error message details in the java class so XStream works for deserializing.

XML:

<response code="failure">
   <![CDATA[error message details...]]>
</response>

Java:

@XStreamAlias("response")
public class ErrorResponse {
 @XStreamAlias("code")
    @XStreamAsAttribute
 private String code;  
....
....
}

Thanks.

You may try this: http://fahdshariff.blogspot.com/2011/12/using-xstream-to-map-single-element.html Note this works only with Xstream 1.4.2 or above. — vijay, Jan 13 '12 at 21:45

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

The following may be what you are looking for:

XStream : node with attributes and text node?

However, I'll point out what you are trying to do is much easier with JAXB:

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;

@XmlRootElement(name="response")
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class ErrorResponse {

    @XmlAttribute
    private String code;

    @XmlValue
    private String description;

}

Mapping mixed content type using XStream

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