Problems marshalling a map in Jaxb

Question

I have a class world that contains a map of humans. If I marshal the class world I get following output:

    
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Answer 1

My solution

I added the key attribute to human and then I converted the map to an array:

@XmlRootElement
public class World {

    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(HumanAdapter.class)
    private Map humans = new HashMap();

    public World(){}
}

public class Human {

    @XmlElement
    private String name;

    @XmlAttribute(name="key")
    private String key;

    public Human(){}
}

public class HumanAdapter extends XmlAdapter> {

    @Override
    public HumanJaxbCrutch marshal(Map humans) throws Exception {
        List list = new ArrayList();
        for (Entry entry : humans.entrySet()) {
            list.add(entry.getValue());
        }

        HumanJaxbCrutch humanJaxbCrutch = new HumanJaxbCrutch();
        humanJaxbCrutch.setCourses(list.toArray(new Human[list.size()])); 

        return humanJaxbCrutch;
    }

    @Override
    public Map unmarshal(HumanJaxbCrutch humans) throws Exception {
        Map map = new HashMap();

        for(Human human : humans.getCourses()){
            map.put(human.getKey(), human);
        }

        return map;
    }
}

class HumanJaxbCrutch {

    private Human[] courses;

    @XmlElement(name = "human")
    public Human[] getCourses() {
        return courses;
    }

    public void setCourses(Human[] courses) {
        this.courses = courses;
    }
}