[seam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Updated: (SEAMXML-22) support collection and array virtual fields

support collection and array virtual fields ------------------------------------------- Key: SEAMXML-22 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/SEAMXML-22 Project: Seam Config Issue Type: Feature Request Affects Versions: 3.0.0.Beta1 Reporter: Dan Allen Assignee: Stuart Douglas Fix For: Future Add support for defining virtual fields that are of type collection or array. This should work already in theory, but no matter what I tried, I got errors, so it may simply be broken. There is also one piece missing. There needs to be a way to specify the collection type parameter (item type). I'm envisioning something like this: <List> <Integer/> <-- defines item type <app:DiceValues/> <value>1</value> <value>2</value> <value>3</value> <value>4</value> <value>5</value> <value>6</value> </List> defines the virtual field: @DiceValues List<Integer> anonymous; In the same way, we should support virtual arrays: <array> <Integer/> <app:DiceValues/> <value>1</value> <value>2</value> <value>3</value> <value>4</value> <value>5</value> <value>6</value> </array> producing: @DiceValues Integer[] anonymous; The nested element for the type is a bit awkward, though (I suggested it because it's currently how array's are typed). It would make more sense to use an attribute here: <List itemType="java.lang.Integer"> ... </List> Also, a way to control the implementation type: <List type="java.util.ArrayList" itemType="java.lang.Integer"> ... </List> Once working, there definitely needs to be an example (or two) added to the documentation.