How can I instruct JAXB to process this ?
XML
<root>
<parent>
<child id="1" name="foo" />
</parent>
<parent>
<child id="3" name="foo2" />
</parent>
<parent>
<child id="4" name="bar2" />
</parent>
<parent>
<child id="2" name="bar" />
</parent>
</root>
Root.java
@XmlRootElement
public class Root {
@XmlElement(name="parent/child")
List<Child> allChildren;
}
This doesn't work ... allChildren is empty.
You could change your model and do the following:
Root
@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Root {
@XmlElement(name="parent")
List<Parent> allParents;
}
Parent
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Parent {
@XmlElement(name="child")
List<Child> allChildren;
}
UPDATE
Is it possible to avoid the parent class ?
There are a couple of different ways to accomplish this:
OPTION #1 - Any JAXB Implementation using XmlAdapter
You could use an XmlAdapter to virtually add in the Parent
class.
ChildAdapter
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;
public class ChildAdapter extends XmlAdapter<ChildAdapter.Parent, Child> {
public static class Parent {
public Child child;
}
@Override
public Parent marshal(Child v) throws Exception {
Parent parent = new Parent();
parent.child = v;
return parent;
}
@Override
public Child unmarshal(Parent v) throws Exception {
return v.child;
}
}
Root
The @XmlJavaTypeAdapter
annotation is used to reference the XmlAdapter
.
import java.util.List;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlJavaTypeAdapter;
@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Root {
@XmlElement(name="parent")
@XmlJavaTypeAdapter(ChildAdapter.class)
List<Child> allChildren;
}
Child
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Child {
@XmlAttribute
int id;
@XmlAttribute
String name;
}
OPTION #2 - Using EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy)
If you are using EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) as your JAXB (JSR-222) implementation then you could do the following (Note: I'm the MOXy lead):
Root
import java.util.List;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Root {
@XmlElement(name="parent")
List<Child> allChildren;
}
Child
MOXy's @XmlPath
annotation works pretty much the way you are trying to use the @XmlElement
annotation in your post.
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.XmlPath;
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Child {
@XmlPath("child/@id")
int id;
@XmlPath("child/@name")
String name;
}
For More Information
- http://blog.bdoughan.com/2010/07/xpath-based-mapping.html
- http://blog.bdoughan.com/2011/05/specifying-eclipselink-moxy-as-your.html
You will have to create a class representing the <parent>
element, such as
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Parent {
@XmlElement(name="child")
Child child;
}
You could then create a type adapter
public class ParentToChildAdapter extends XmlAdapter<Parent, Child> {
public Parent marshal(Child c) {
Parent p = new Parent();
p.child = child;
return p;
}
public Child unmarshal(Parent p) {
return p.child;
}
}
and use this on the root class
@XmlRootElement
public class Root {
@XmlElement(name="parent")
@XmlJavaTypeAdapter(ParentToChildAdapter.class)
List<Child> allChildren;
}
You could try to use the XmlElementWrapper
annotation but I am not sure how it should work with multiple wrapper nodes:
@XmlRootElement
public class Root {
@XmlElementWrapper(name="parent")
@XmlElement(name="child")
List<Child> allChildren;
}
Try this
@XmlRootElement
class Root {
List<Child> allChildren = new ArrayList<Child>();
private static class Parent {
@XmlElement
Child child;
}
@XmlElement
public void setParent(Parent p) {
allChildren.add(p.child);
}
}