Tutorial by Examples

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement; @XmlRootElement public class User { private long userID; private String name; // getters and setters } By using the annotation XMLRootElement, we can mark a class as a root element of an XML file. import java.io.File; ...

To read an XML file named UserDetails.xml with the below content <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <user> <name>Jon Skeet</name> <userID>8884321</userID> </user> We need a POJO class named U...

When desired XML format differs from Java object model, an XmlAdapter implementation can be used to transform model object into xml-format object and vice versa. This example demonstrates how to put a field's value into an attribute of an element with field's name. public class XmlAdapterExample { ...

Annotation @XmlAccessorType determines whether fields/properties will be automatically serialized to XML. Note, that field and method annotations @XmlElement, @XmlAttribute or @XmlTransient take precedence over the default settings. public class XmlAccessTypeExample { @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessT...

Annotations @XmlElement, @XmlAttribute or @XmlTransient and other in package javax.xml.bind.annotation allow the programmer to specify which and how marked fields or properties should be serialized. @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE) // we want no automatic field/property marshalling public cla...

Sometimes specific instances of data should be used. Recreation is not desired and referencing static data would have a code smell. It is possible to specify a XmlAdapter instance the Unmarshaller should use, which allows the user to use XmlAdapters with no zero-arg constructor and/or pass data to ...

This is an example of a package-info.java file that binds an XML namespace to a serializable Java class. This should be placed in the same package as the Java classes that should be serialized using the namespace. /** * A package containing serializable classes. */ @XmlSchema ( xmlns = ...

package com.example.xml.adapters; import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter; public class StringTrimAdapter extends XmlAdapter<String, String> { @Override public String unmarshal(String v) throws Exception { if (v == null) return null; ...