Cannot deserialize node with mixed context

Xml node with mixed content throws exception when content in particular order: suppose we have classes:

@Serializable
data class Tree(val node1: Node1)

@Serializable
@SerialName("node1")
data class Node1(
    @XmlValue(true) val text: String = "",
    val subnode1: Subnode1
)

@Serializable
@SerialName("subnode1")
data class Subnode1(@XmlValue(true) val text: String)

this xml can be deserialized:

<tree>
   <node1>
       <subnode1> text1 </subnode1>
           some text here
   </node1>
</tree>

but if we swap subnode1 and some text:

<tree>
   <node1>
        some text here
       <subnode1> text1 </subnode1>
   </node1>
</tree>

exception is thrown: Exception in thread "main" nl.adaptivity.xmlutil.XmlException: Found unexpected child tag

gist: here

[pdvrieze]

The easiest example is in the test suite: https://github.com/pdvrieze/xmlutil/blob/9c67201298c61c209e818c5b3eca0eb5b5ecb3fc/serialization/src/commonTest/kotlin/nl/adaptivity/xml/serialization/testClasses.kt#L140-L150 Note that it requires all other properties to be attributes. You will also have to create a serial module. From a safety perspective it is advisable to add the string case to the module.

If you do not use Any as the base class string content may create issues with the string content still being added to the list. I have not put in any code that handles ignorable whitespace when we can’t handle it.

[underlow]

can you please provide an example if possible? Thank you