How to generate a Java class which implements Serializable interface from xsd using JAXB?

Serializable

Use xjc:serializable in a custom bindings file to add the java.io.Serializable interface to your classes along with a serialVersionUID:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bindings xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema-instance"
            xmlns:xjc="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/xjc"
            xsi:schemaLocation="
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/bindingschema_2_0.xsd"
version="2.1">
  <globalBindings>
    <serializable uid="1" />
  </globalBindings>
</bindings> 

toString()

Use a superclass (see xjc:superClass) from which all your bound classes will inherit. This class won’t be generated by xjc so you are free to create it as you please (here with a toString() implementation):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bindings xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
                xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2000/10/XMLSchema-instance"
                xmlns:xjc="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/xjc"
                xsi:schemaLocation="
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/bindingschema_2_0.xsd"
    version="2.1">
    <globalBindings>
        <serializable uid="1" />
        <xjc:superClass name="the.package.to.my.XmlSuperClass" />
    </globalBindings>
</bindings>

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