[geotk] Unmarshalling XML into ISO Objects

[Russ Baker]

Hello,

We have metadata xml that I unmarshall into JAXB objects. For example, 
take the XML String below:

<gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty  xmlns:gmd="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gmd"xmlns:gco="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/gco"uuid="a9af30e0-5d4d-11df-b0b8-0002a5d5c51b">
   <gmd:individualName>
     <gco:CharacterString>John Kozimor</gco:CharacterString>
   </gmd:individualName>
   <gmd:organisationName>
     <gco:CharacterString>DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC>  National Geophysical Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NOSA>  NOAA Observing Systems Architecture, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce</gco:CharacterString>
   </gmd:organisationName>
   <gmd:positionName>
	<gco:CharacterString>IT Specialist/Data Manager</gco:CharacterString>
   </gmd:positionName>
   <gmd:contactInfo>
     <gmd:CI_Contact>
       <gmd:phone>
         <gmd:CI_Telephone>
           <gmd:voice>
             <gco:CharacterString>(303)497-3798</gco:CharacterString>
	</gmd:voice>
           <gmd:facsimile>
             <gco:CharacterString>(303)497-6513</gco:CharacterString>
           </gmd:facsimile>
         </gmd:CI_Telephone>
       </gmd:phone>
       <gmd:address>
         <gmd:CI_Address>
	<gmd:deliveryPoint>
             <gco:CharacterString>NESDIS/NGDC/SEGD E/GC1 325 Broadway</gco:CharacterString>
           </gmd:deliveryPoint>
           <gmd:city>
             <gco:CharacterString>Boulder</gco:CharacterString>
           </gmd:city>
           <gmd:administrativeArea>
             <gco:CharacterString>CO</gco:CharacterString>
	</gmd:administrativeArea>
           <gmd:postalCode>
             <gco:CharacterString>80305-3328</gco:CharacterString>
           </gmd:postalCode>
           <gmd:country>
             <gco:CharacterString>USA</gco:CharacterString>
           </gmd:country>
	  <gmd:electronicMailAddress>
		<gco:CharacterString>john.kozimor at noaa.gov</gco:CharacterString>
           </gmd:electronicMailAddress>
         </gmd:CI_Address>
       </gmd:address>
       <gmd:hoursOfService>
         <gco:CharacterString>7:30-5:00 Mountain</gco:CharacterString>
       </gmd:hoursOfService>
       <gmd:contactInstructions>
	<gco:CharacterString>Contact the National Geophysical DataCenter</gco:CharacterString>
       </gmd:contactInstructions>
     </gmd:CI_Contact>
   </gmd:contactInfo>
   <gmd:role>
     <gmd:CI_RoleCode  codeList="http://www.isotc211.org/2005/resources/Codelist/gmxCodelists.xml#CI_RoleCode"codeListValue="pointOfContact">pointOfContact</gmd:CI_RoleCode>
   </gmd:role>
</gmd:CI_ResponsibleParty>

To unmarshall that into a org.geotoolkit.metadata.iso.citation.DefaultResponsibleParty, I would use the following method:

     public static<T extends Object>  T unmarshallIso(String xml) {
         T retVal = null;
         try {
             retVal = (T) org.geotoolkit.xml.XML.unmarshal(xml);
         } catch (JAXBException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
             .
	    .
             .
         }
         return retVal;
     }

However, when I interrogate the DefaultResponsibleParty, I cannot access the attributes and use those in the equals method. It wasn't clear how I can do that, so I was wondering if you could provide some insight into how I would go about doing that?

Thank you in advance,

Russ Baker


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