externally create jaxb annotations for class

Question

So, usually I apply JAXB annotations in the code as follows:

package com.example;

@XmlRootElement(name = \"Foo\", namespace = \"example.com\")
@XmlType(name = \         


        

Answer 1

If you just need to add @XmlType(name = "Foo", namespace = "example.com") annotation to the generated class you can use JAXB Annotate Plugin. Here is documentation about how to define annotations in external binding files.

If you're using CXF and maven you can also you cxf-codegen-plugin somehow like this

    org.apache.cxf
    cxf-codegen-plugin
    ${cxf.version}
    
        
            generate-sources
            generate-sources
            
                wsdl2java
            
            
                ${service.src.dir}
                
                    
                        service.wsdl
                        
                            -xjc-Xannotate
                            -b
                            ${wsdl.dir}/bindings.xjb
                        
                    
                
            
        
    
    
        
            org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons
            jaxb2-basics-annotate
            ${jaxb.commons.version}
        
                    

You can also use maven-jaxb2-plugin:

org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2
maven-jaxb2-plugin
${maven-jaxb2.version}

    
        process-xsd
        
            generate
        
        generate-sources
        
            
                **/*.xsd
            
            
                **/*.xjb
            
            ${jaxb.src.dir}
            true
            
                -Xannotate
            
            
                
                    org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons
                    jaxb2-basics-annotate
                    ${jaxb.commons.version}
                
            
        
    

Here is sample binding file:

If you need to modify @XmlRootElement too, just add another one annox:annotate element: