Index: src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/mapper/FieldAliasingMapper.java =================================================================== --- src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/mapper/FieldAliasingMapper.java (revision 848) +++ src/java/com/thoughtworks/xstream/mapper/FieldAliasingMapper.java (working copy) @@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ } } - public boolean shouldSerializeMember(Class definedIn, String fieldName) { - return !fieldsToOmit.contains(key(definedIn, fieldName)); + public boolean shouldSerializeMember(Class definedIn, String fieldName, Class fieldType, Object value) { + return fieldsToOmit.contains(key(definedIn, fieldName)) ? false: super.shouldSerializeMember(definedIn, fieldName, fieldType, value); } public void omitField(Class type, String fieldName) {