[Simple-support] Read text or elements for the same element tag

[Nugroho S. <nug...@gm...>]

Hi,

I have the following XML. custom_field element can contains a Text or a set
of elements.

<record>
<custom_field id="2">
*Value 1*
</custom_field>
<custom_field id="2">
*  <option selected="true">option 1</option>*
*  <option>option 2</option>*
</custom_field>
</record>

I tried the following annotation

@Root(name="record", strict=false)
public class Record {

   @ElementList(entry="custom_field", inline=true, required=false)
   public List<CustomField> customFields = new ArrayList<CustomField>();
}

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@Root(name="custom_field", strict=false)
public class CustomField {

 @Text(required=false)
  public String value; // single value

 @ElementList(inline=true, entry="option", required=false)
  public List<FieldOption> options = new ArrayList<FieldOption>(); //
options value

}

I get this error :

Unable to read XML. Text annotation
@org.simpleframework.xml.Text(data=false, empty=, required=false) on field
'value' public java.lang.String com.test.CustomField.value used with
elements in class com.test.CustomField

Any idea to solve this problem?

I wonder if I can use converter but where should I put it as I don't use
@Element here.

Thank you.

Reagrds,
Nugroho