Jaxb complex xml unmarshall

Question

I am having issues to unmarshall nested xml below. Can someone please advise if I am missing something.
body tag can contain any Jaxb anotated obj.
Do I hav

Answer 1

You could use a @XmlAnyElement(lax=true) and an XmlAdapter to handle this use case:

ServiceRq

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlJavaTypeAdapter;

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "serviceRq")
public class ServiceRq{    

    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(value=BodyAdapter.class)
    private Object body;
    // getters and setters omitted
}

BodyAdapter

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;

public class BodyAdapter extends XmlAdapter<Body, Object>{

    @Override
    public Object unmarshal(Body v) throws Exception {
        return v.getValue();
    }

    @Override
    public Body marshal(Object v) throws Exception {
        Body body = new Body();
        body.setValue(v);
        return body;
    }

}

Body

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAnyElement;

public class Body {

    private Object value;

    @XmlAnyElement(lax=true)
    public Object getValue() {
        return value;
    }

    public void setValue(Object value) {
        this.value = value;
    }

}

CreateRq

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "createRq")
public class CreateRq{    
    private String id;
    // getters and setters omitted
}

Demo

import java.io.File;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;

public class Demo {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance(ServiceRq.class);
        System.out.println(jc);

        Unmarshaller unmarshaller = jc.createUnmarshaller();
        ServiceRq serviceRq = (ServiceRq) unmarshaller.unmarshal(new File("input.xml"));

        Marshaller marshaller = jc.createMarshaller();
        marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
        marshaller.marshal(serviceRq, System.out);

    }

}

For More Information

• http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2010/08/using-xmlanyelement-to-build-generic.html
• http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2010/07/xmladapter-jaxbs-secret-weapon.html
• http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2010/12/jaxb-and-immutable-objects.html
• http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2010/12/represent-string-values-as-element.html

Answer 2

You could use @XmlAnyElement(lax=true) and the @XmlPath extension in EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) to handle this use case (Note: I'm the MOXy lead). For an approach that would work with any JAXB implementation (Metro, MOXy, JaxMe, etc) see: Jaxb complex xml unmarshall.

ServiceRq

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAnyElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.XmlPath;

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "serviceRq")
public class ServiceRq{    

    @XmlPath("body/createRq")
    @XmlAnyElement(lax=true)
    private Object body;
    // getters and setters omitted
}

CreateRq

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "createRq")
public class CreateRq{    
    private String id;
    // getters and setters omitted
}

Demo

import java.io.File;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;

public class Demo {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance(ServiceRq.class);

        Unmarshaller unmarshaller = jc.createUnmarshaller();
        ServiceRq serviceRq = (ServiceRq) unmarshaller.unmarshal(new File("input.xml"));

        Marshaller marshaller = jc.createMarshaller();
        marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
        marshaller.marshal(serviceRq, System.out);

    }
}

jaxb.properties

To use MOXy as your JAXB provider you must include a file named jaxb.properties in the same package as your domain model with the following entry:

javax.xml.bind.context.factory=org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextFactory

For More Information

• http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2010/08/using-xmlanyelement-to-build-generic.html
• http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2011/05/specifying-eclipselink-moxy-as-your.html
• http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2010/09/xpath-based-mapping-geocode-example.html
• http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2011/03/map-to-element-based-on-attribute-value.html