JAXB: Namespace annotation not inherited during unmarshalling - regression in JDK 1.8_102?

Question

I ran into a situation where JAXB refuses to unmarshal an XML element unless the corresponding Java field has a namespace annotation. This behavior only started in JDK 1.8.0

Answer 1

I think this is the relevant bug - https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8165299

From which I can say that there was indeed a fix for JAXB. So this strange behavior which ends up in null values is a wrong JAXB mapping and not a regression in Java.