java - XStream - loading custom XML -

i'm trying load xml file of following format:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <mycompany>     <record>         <surname>             bird         </surname>         <given1>             andrew         </given1>         <id>             225958         </id>         <birthdate>             260391         </birthdate>         <peeryear>             2009         </peeryear>         <title>         </title>         <preferred>             andrew         </preferred>         <given2>             macarthur         </given2>         <countryofbirthcode>             aus         </countryofbirthcode>         <nationalitycode>         </nationalitycode>         <occupcode>             retired         </occupcode>         <suburb>             metung         </suburb>         <state>             vic         </state>         <postcode>             3904         </postcode>         <countrycode>             aus         </countrycode>         <phone>     </record> 

i try read, not write format, i've set aliases as:

m_xstream.alias("mycompany", mycompany.class); m_xstream.alias("record", record.class); 

where mycompany is:

public class mycompany  {     @xstreamimplicit     public list<record> records = new arraylist<record>(); } 

and record class public member variables ala:

public class record { public string id; public string surname; } 

when try read above xml, doesn't read mycompany.records member variable.

what correct way read xml and, also, how ignore elements member variable not present?

thank you.

to process @xstreamimplicit annotation in mycompany need call first:

m_xstream.processannotations(mycompany.class); 

or instead of annotation can this:

m_xstream.addimplicitcollection(mycompany.class, "records");