JAXB and class instantiation

Question

One thing that prevents from using a binding technology like JAXB, instead of a classic dom/sax-based xml technology is the fact that, when reading xml, it seems to be stron

Answer 1

Use the JAXB objects as DTOs. Then you can use PropertyUtils.copyProperties(..) / BeanUtils.copyProperties(..) (from commons-beanutils) to transfer the properties to your already-partially-populated objects.