If you want to make an informed decision you need to be clear why you are translating between XML and java objects. The reason being that the different technologies in this space try to solve different problems. The different tools fall into two categories: XML data binding – refers to the process of representing the … Read more
@XmlAnyElement(lax = true) means in plain English something like: Dear JAXB! If you have a mapping for this element, please unmarshal it into a Java object. If you don’t know this element, just leave it as a DOM element. This is exactly what is happening in your case. So if you want to actually unmarshal … Read more
You can simple add the following method to your object definition: void afterUnmarshal(Unmarshaller u, Object parent) { … } It will be called once the current object has been completely deserialized. See also the documentation about unmarshalling callbacks
By default JAXB (JSR-222) will create static inner classes for nested complex types to prevent class name conflicts. You can use an external binding file to disable this behaviour. binding.xml A binding file allows you to customize how Java classes are generated from an XML schema. <jaxb:bindings xmlns:xsd=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema” xmlns:jaxb=”http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb” version=”2.1″> <jaxb:globalBindings localScoping=”toplevel”/> </jaxb:bindings> XJC Call … Read more
As Blaise pointed out stick with the standards. But there are multiple standards created over the period to solve different problems/usecases. Which one to choose completely depends upon your requirement. I hope the below comparison can help you choose the right one. Now there are two things you have to choose. API and the implementations … Read more
You will have to create an XmlAdapter like this: public class LocalDateAdapter extends XmlAdapter<String, LocalDate> { public LocalDate unmarshal(String v) throws Exception { return LocalDate.parse(v); } public String marshal(LocalDate v) throws Exception { return v.toString(); } } And annotate your field using @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(value = LocalDateAdapter.class) See also javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlJavaTypeAdapters if you want to define your adapters … Read more
It would be nice if you included some code that explains your problem. JAXB 101 says you should place the right annotations, then you can serialize and deserialize correctly. You should properly annotate your classes with @XmlRootElement, @XmlElement, @XmlAttribute, etc For example: @XmlRootElement(name=”student”) @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE) class Student { @XmlElement(name=”name”) private String name; @XmlElement(name=”age”) private int age; … Read more
You have to create a binding file as below, this will get applied globally and use it as wsdl2java – b “bindings.txt” “wsdl” <jaxb:bindings version=”2.1″ xmlns:jaxb=”http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb” xmlns:xjc=”http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/xjc” xmlns:xs=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema”> <jaxb:globalBindings generateElementProperty=”false”/> </jaxb:bindings>
Here is the justification from the JAXB specification – page 60. Design Note – There is no setter method for a List property. The getter returns the List by reference. An item can be added to the List returned by the getter method using an appropriate method defined on java.util.List. Rationale for this design in … Read more
From XMLGregorianCalendar to java.util.Date you can simply do: java.util.Date dt = xmlGregorianCalendarInstance.toGregorianCalendar().getTime();