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How do I change the Castor mapping

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE mapping PUBLIC "-//EXOLAB/Castor Mapping DTD Version 1.0//EN"
                         "http://castor.org/mapping.dtd"&gt;

<mapping>
    <class name="java.util.ArrayList" auto-complete="true">
        <map-to xml="ArrayList" />
    </class>
    <class name="com.db.spgit.abstrack.ws.response.UserResponse">
        <map-to xml="UserResponse" />
        <field name="id" type="java.lang.String">
            <bind-xml name="id" node="element" />
        </field>
        <field name="deleted" type="boolean">
            <bind-xml name="deleted" node="element" />
        </field>
        <field name="name" type="java.lang.String">
            <bind-xml name="name" node="element" />
        </field>
        <field name="typeId" type="java.lang.Integer">
            <bind-xml name="typeId" node="element" />
        </field>
        <field name="regionId" type="java.lang.Integer">
            <bind-xml name="regionId" node="element" />
        </field>
        <field name="regionName" type="java.lang.String">
            <bind-xml name="regionName" node="element" />
        </field>
    </class>
</mapping>

to suppress the xmlns:xsi and xsi:type attributes in the element of the XML output? For example, instead of the output XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<ArrayList>
    <UserResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="UserResponse">
        <name>Tester</name>
        <typeId>1</typeId>
        <regionId>2</regionId>
        <regionName>US</regionName>
    </UserResponse>
</ArrayList>

I'd prefer

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<ArrayList>
    <UserResponse>
        <name>Tester</name>
        <typeId>1</typeId>
        <regionId>2</regionId>
        <regionName>US</regionName>
    </UserResponse>
</ArrayList>

such that the element name implies the xsi:type.

+2  A: 

Set the Castor Marshaller property suppressXSIType to false:

Marshaller marshaller = new Marshaller(w);
marshaller.setSuppressXSIType(true);

See Configuring the Marshaller in the Castor 1.3.1 Reference Documentation. (Note that Table 1.10 Marshaller properties lists only property suppressNamespaces, but methods setSuppressNamespaces() and setSuppressXSIType() both exist in class Marshaller.)

Derek Mahar