How to use JAXB APIs to generate classes from xsd?

Question

I need to generate bean classes from .xsd without using xjc command or ant. i have found the implementation in Apache Axis2 but i am unable to generate the artifacts.

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Answer 1

    SchemaCompiler sc = XJC.createSchemaCompiler();
    File file = null;
    file = new File("Item.xsd");
    sc.parseSchema(new InputSource(file.toURI().toString()));
    S2JJAXBModel model = sc.bind();

    JCodeModel cm = model.generateCode(null, null);
    cm.build(new File("."));

//I am having Item.xsd in local directory and this code has generated classes. If i remove this xsd locally will get null pointer exception. Also note i am having my jaxb related jars in Java Build path of eclipse project.