JAXB vs Apache XMLBeans

Question

Anyone can tell me which one is better (JAXB or Apache XMLBeans) taking in account the performance for files bigger than 10Mb?

Answer 1

I prefer XMLBeans, because it comes with a handy tool called "inst2xsd" which allows you to generate an XML schema from an XML instance document. JAXB is not able to do this.

See http://xmlbeans.apache.org/docs/2.0.0/guide/tools.html#inst2xsd

Answer 2

agree with bruno. JAXB is bundled with Java for a reason

Answer 3

The architect of XmlBeans wrote about why he chose to build XmlBeans, even though JAXB was the established standard. Take a look at his blog, specifically the problems with jaxb The most compelling advantage was type substitution.

Answer 4

Both have similar performances, however even if Apache XMLBeans seems to present better performance, I normally choose JAXB because I don't want to increase the size of my applications with 3rd party tools.

With Apache XMLBeans you need a small package around 2mb, it's probably easy to learn and well documented. Have full support of XSD specification and namespaces, and mapping only via XML Schema Definition (XSD). It also seems to use deprecated API’s.