XMLEncoder ignores the transient flag of a bean info of a collection

[gouessej]

Hi!

I use XMLEncoder to encode some files in XML. I want to ignore transient fields like with the plain binary serialization. I use the following piece of code inspired of a tutorial of Sun Microsystems to do so:

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/**     * force the XML encoder/decoder to ignore transient members like the binary serialization     * FIXME: it does not work properly with collections and arrays     * @param myClass     */     public static final void forceHandlingOfTransientModifiersForXMLSerialization(Class<?> myClass){         BeanInfo beanInfo = null;         try{beanInfo=Introspector.getBeanInfo(myClass);}         catch(IntrospectionException ie)         {ie.printStackTrace();}         if(beanInfo!=null)             {PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptors=beanInfo.getPropertyDescriptors();              String fieldName;              //for each non inherited declared field              for(Field field:myClass.getDeclaredFields())                  //if this field is transient for binary serialization                  if(Modifier.isTransient(field.getModifiers()))                      {fieldName=field.getName();                       for(PropertyDescriptor propertyDesc:propertyDescriptors)                           if(propertyDesc.getName().equals(fieldName))                               {//set this field to transient for the XML serialization too                                propertyDesc.setValue("transient",Boolean.TRUE);                                break;                               }                      }             }     }

It works fine except on collections and arrays. For example, if myClass has a field containing a list of image with the transient modifier, it attempts to encode this list When I use the debug feature of Eclipse, I see that its property descriptor is found and modified. Do you have an idea? Thank you very much for your attention.

[gouessej]

Hi!

It seems to be a bug, I will submit a bug report.