Setting nilAttribute configuration to xsi:nil="true" results in sequence order of element not be preserved

[frenchmb]

We have the following configuration for the XML parser:

nilAttribute = qname(Namespaces.XmlSchemaInstance, "nil", Prefixes.XmlSchemaInstance) to "true"

When we serialize a class the order of the element is not preserved when an element is null:

<Parameters> <IgnoreLimitWarningsArray xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/> <ExecutionInstructionsArray xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/> <ExecutionInstructionsDictionaryArray xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/> <ExecutionInstructionsRestatedArray xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/> <ClientSequenceNumberArray xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/> <CustomColumnsArray xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/> <CustomColumnsRestatedArray xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/> <TradingPassword xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"/> <OrderNumberArray> <OrderNumber>138084514</OrderNumber> </OrderNumberArray> </Parameters>

All the nil elements are placed at the top which is not the correct definition of sequence order:

`@Serializable
@XmlSerialName(value = "Parameters")
class OrderDelete (
@xmlelement
@XmlSerialName("OrderNumberArray")
@XmlChildrenName("OrderNumber", namespace = "http://webservices.iress.com.au/v4/")
val orderNumberArray: List,

@XmlElement
@XmlSerialName("IgnoreLimitWarningsArray")
@XmlChildrenName("IgnoreLimitWarnings", namespace = "http://webservices.iress.com.au/v4/")
val ignoreLimitWarningsArray: List<Boolean>? = null,

@XmlElement
@XmlSerialName("ExecutionInstructionsArray")
@XmlChildrenName("ExecutionInstructions", namespace = "http://webservices.iress.com.au/v4/")
val executionInstructionsArray: List<String>? = null,

@XmlElement
@XmlSerialName("ExecutionInstructionsDictionaryArray")
val executionInstructionsDictionary: List<IressDictionary>? = null,

@XmlElement
@XmlSerialName("ExecutionInstructionsRestatedArray")
@XmlChildrenName("ExecutionInstructionsRestated", namespace = "http://webservices.iress.com.au/v4/")
val executionInstructionsRestatedArray: List<Boolean>? = null,

@XmlElement
@XmlSerialName("ClientSequenceNumberArray")
@XmlChildrenName("ClientSequenceNumber", namespace = "http://webservices.iress.com.au/v4/")
val clientSequenceNumberArray: List<Long>? = null,

@XmlElement
@XmlSerialName("CustomColumnsArray")
@XmlChildrenName("CustomColumns", namespace = "http://webservices.iress.com.au/v4/")
val customColumnsArray: List<String>? = null,

@XmlElement
@XmlSerialName("CustomColumnsRestatedArray")
@XmlChildrenName("CustomColumnsRestated", namespace = "http://webservices.iress.com.au/v4/")
val customColumnsRestatedArray: List<Boolean>? = null,

@XmlElement
@XmlSerialName("TradingPassword")
val tradingPassword: String? = null,

)`

Unfortunately the SOAP service we are integrating to requires the order to be preserved. Is the away to fix this?

[pdvrieze]

This is actually the result of a bug that could also cause crashes if tag children exist before attributes. This should now be fixed in dev (and the automatically generated snapshot release).