Hello, When you reference an attribute from an included Schema, the generated java code sets the type to default : java.lang.Object, although I set the referenced attribute's type to xs:string. eg : included common.xsd schema extract : <xs:attribute name="xmlDBId" type="xs:string" /> including toto.xsd schema extract : <xs:include schemaLocation="common.xsd"/> <xs:element name="SourceInfos"> <xs:complexType> <xs:sequence> <xs:element ref="SourceID"/> </xs:sequence> <xs:attribute ref="xmlDBId" /> </xs:complexType> </xs:element> ===> Java code extract : /**

• Field _xmlDBId */ private java.lang.Object _xmlDBId;

===> Patch proposal oforg.exolab.castor.builder.SourceFactory private void processAttributes(ComplexType complexType, FactoryState state) { if (complexType == null) return; Enumeration enumeration = complexType.getAttributeDecls(); XMLBindingComponent component = new XMLBindingComponent(_config); if (_binding != null) component.setBinding(_binding); while (enumeration.hasMoreElements()) { AttributeDecl attr = (AttributeDecl)enumeration.nextElement(); component.setView(attr); //-- if we have a new SimpleType...generate ClassInfo SimpleType sType = attr.getSimpleType(); // TODO : check if new version of Castor (> 0.9.9) solves this // Included (->referenced) attributes does not have right java type // eg xmldbId (type = xs:string) ===> java.lang.Object // Look for referenced type (if any) for setting type. // BEGIN-PATCH if (sType == null) { if (attr.getReference() != null) { attr.setSimpleType(attr.getReference().getSimpleType()); } } // END-PATCH if (sType != null) { if ( ! (SimpleTypesFactory.isBuiltInType(sType.getTypeCode())) ) if (sType.getSchema() == component.getSchema()) { if (state.resolve(sType) == null) { if (sType.hasFacet(Facet.ENUMERATION)) { createSourceCode(sType, state.getSGStateInfo()); } } } } FieldInfo fieldInfo = memberFactory.createFieldInfo(component, state); handleField(fieldInfo, state); } return; }