XMl to JSON through java pojo using jackson

XMl to JSON through java pojo using jackson - java

I am trying to convert xml to json. First I created java class using the following xml
<CompositeResponse>
<CompositeIndividualResponse>
<PersonIdentification>2222</PersonIdentification>
</CompositeIndividualResponse>
</CompositeResponse>
The following java classes are following:
public class Main {
public CompositeResponse CompositeResponse;
public CompositeResponse getCompositeResponse() {
return CompositeResponse;
}
public void setCompositeResponse(CompositeResponse CompositeResponse) {
this.CompositeResponse = CompositeResponse;
}
}
public class CompositeResponse {
private List<CompositeIndividualResponse> CompositeIndividualResponse;
public List<CompositeIndividualResponse> getCompositeIndividualResponse() {
return CompositeIndividualResponse;
}
public void setCompositeIndividualResponse(List<CompositeIndividualResponse> CompositeIndividualResponse) {
CompositeIndividualResponse = CompositeIndividualResponse;
}
}
public class CompositeIndividualResponse {
private String Persondentification;
public String getPersondentification() {
return Persondentification;
}
public void setPersonIdentification (String PersonIdentification) {
this.PersonIdentification = PersonIdentification;
}
}
I am using the following code for conversion:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
public class XMLToJson {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("test.xml")));
XmlMapper xmlMapper = new XmlMapper();
Main poppy = xmlMapper.readValue(content, Main.class);
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(poppy);
System.out.println(json);
}
}
But i am getting the following exception that CompositeIndividualResponse is not recognized.
Exception in thread "main" com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.UnrecognizedPropertyException: Unrecognized field "CompositeIndividualResponse" (class com.test.custom.copy.Main), not marked as ignorable (2 known properties: "CompositeResponse", "compositeResponse"])
at [Source: (StringReader); line: 3, column: 32] (through reference chain: com.test.custom.copy.Main["CompositeIndividualResponse"])
I believe my java pojo is not fit with xml data. So how to define collection of pojo to solve this problem so I can get the following json:
{
"CompositeResponse":{
"CompositeIndividualResponse":
[
{
"PersonSSNIdentification":"221212501"
}
]
}
}

Define you POJO like this,
public class CompositeResponse {
private List<CompositeIndividualResponse> compositeIndividualResponse;
public List<CompositeIndividualResponse> getCompositeIndividualResponse() {
return compositeIndividualResponse;
}
public void setCompositeIndividualResponse(List<CompositeIndividualResponse> compositeIndividualResponse) {
CompositeIndividualResponse = compositeIndividualResponse;
}
}
public class CompositeIndividualResponse {
private String personIdentification;
public String getPersonIdentification() {
return personIdentification;
}
public void setPersonIdentification (String personIdentification) {
this.personIdentification= personIdentification;
}
}
Then update your main program as below,
public class XMLToJson {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("test.xml")));
XmlMapper xmlMapper = new XmlMapper();
CompositeResponse poppy = xmlMapper.readValue(content, CompositeResponse.class);
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(poppy);
System.out.println(json);
}
}

Problem in field naming, all fields by default starts with small letter.
for example: compositeResponse
To avoid this problem add annotation #JsonProperty for each field, like this:
#JsonProperty("persondentification")
private String Persondentification;

The solution is I do not need the Main.java class. Also I need to add jackson annotation to define xml element. The working code is following.
CompositeResponse.java
public class CompositeResponse {
#JacksonXmlProperty(localName = "CompositeIndividualResponse")
#JacksonXmlElementWrapper(localName = "CompositeIndividualResponse",useWrapping = false)
private List<CompositeIndividualResponse> compositeIndividualResponse;
public List<CompositeIndividualResponse> getCompositeIndividualResponse() {
return compositeIndividualResponse;
}
public void setCompositeIndividualResponse(List<CompositeIndividualResponse> compositeIndividualResponse) {
this.compositeIndividualResponse = compositeIndividualResponse;
}
}
CompositeIndividualResponse.java:
public class CompositeIndividualResponse {
#JacksonXmlProperty(localName = "PersonIdentification")
private String personIdentification;
public String getPersonIdentification() {
return personIdentification;
}
public void setPersonIdentification (String personIdentification) {
this.personIdentification= personIdentification;
}
}
XMLToJson.java
public class XMLToJson {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("test.xml")));
XmlMapper xmlMapper = new XmlMapper();
CompositeResponse poppy = xmlMapper.readValue(content, CompositeResponse.class);
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(poppy);
System.out.println(json);
}
}

Related

Jackson ObjectMapper Not Reading Inner Objects

I have a JSON file
{
"readServiceAuthorizationResponse": {
"serviceAuthorization": {
"serviceAuthorizationId": "50043~220106065198",
"status": "Approved",
"receivedDate": "2022-1-6 1:21:12 PM",
"providerFirstName": "Ranga",
"providerLastName": "Thalluri",
"organizationName": "General Hospital",
"serviceLines": [{
"statusReason": "Approved",
"procedureDescription": "Room & board ward general classification",
"requestedQuantity": "1.00",
"approvedQuantity": "1.00",
"deniedQuantity": "",
"quantityUnitOfMeasure": "Day(s)",
"providers": [{
"providerFirstName": "Ranga",
"providerLastName": "Thalluri",
"organizationName": ""
}]
}]
}
}
}
My Java to read this into an object is this:
package com.shawn.dto;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public class ServiceAuthorizationDTO {
public String serviceAuthorizationId;
public String status;
public String receivedDate;
public String providerFirstName;
public String providerLastName;
public String organizationName;
public ServiceLine[] serviceLines;
public static ServiceAuthorizationDTO create(String json) {
ObjectMapper m = new ObjectMapper();
try {
Outer outer = m.readValue(json, Outer.class);
return outer.readServiceAuthorizationResponse.serviceAuthorization;
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;
}
}
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
static class ReadServiceAuthorizationResponse {
public ServiceAuthorizationDTO serviceAuthorization;
}
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
static class Outer {
public ReadServiceAuthorizationResponse readServiceAuthorizationResponse;
}
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public static class ServiceLine {
String statusReason;
String procedureDescription;
String requestedQuantity;
String approvedQuantity;
String deniedQuantity;
String quantityUnitOfMeasure;
Provider[] providers;
}
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public static class Provider {
String providerFirstName;
String providerLastName;
String organizationName;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
String json = new String(Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("c:/temp/test.json")));
ServiceAuthorizationDTO dao = ServiceAuthorizationDTO.create(json);
System.out.println("serviceAuthorizationId: " + dao.serviceAuthorizationId);
System.out.println("serviceLines[0].procedureDescription: " + dao.serviceLines[0].procedureDescription);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
When I run it I get this:
serviceAuthorizationId: 50043~220106065198
serviceLines[0].procedureDescription: null
The outer fields in the object like providerId are read from the JSON. But the serviceLines array shows 1 element, and all fields in that class are empty.
Any ideas? This is the first time I've used real objects with JSON. I've always mapped it into Map objects and pulled the fields out manually. Thanks.

Fields in classes ServiceLine and Provider have package-private access modifiers. Jackson can't deserialize into private fields with its default settings. Because it needs getter or setter methods.
Solution 1: Make fields public
public static class ServiceLine {
public String statusReason;
public String procedureDescription;
public String requestedQuantity;
public String approvedQuantity;
public String deniedQuantity;
public String quantityUnitOfMeasure;
public Provider[] providers;
}
Solution 2: Use #JsonAutoDetect annotation
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
#JsonAutoDetect(fieldVisibility = JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY)
public class ServiceLine {
String statusReason;
String procedureDescription;
String requestedQuantity;
String approvedQuantity;
String deniedQuantity;
String quantityUnitOfMeasure;
Provider[] providers;
}
Solution 3: Change visibility on the ObjectMapper (doc)
public static ServiceAuthorizationDTO create(String json) {
ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
try {
objectMapper.setVisibility(PropertyAccessor.FIELD, JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY);
Outer outer = objectMapper.readValue(json, Outer.class);
return outer.readServiceAuthorizationResponse.serviceAuthorization;
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;
}
}

Deserializing stringified (quote enclosed) nested objects with Jackson

I am consuming a "RESTful" service (via RestTemplate) that produces JSON as follows:
{
"id": "abcd1234",
"name": "test",
"connections": {
"default": "http://foo.com/api/",
"dev": "http://dev.foo.com/api/v2"
},
"settings": {
"foo": "{\n \"fooId\": 1, \"token\": \"abc\"}",
"bar": "{\"barId\": 2, \"accountId\": \"d7cj3\"}"
}
}
Note the settings.foo and settings.bar values, which cause issues on deserialization. I would like to be able to deserialize into objects (e.g., settings.getFoo().getFooId(), settings.getFoo().getToken()).
I was able to solve this specifically for an instance of Foo with a custom deserializer:
public class FooDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Foo> {
#Override
public Foo deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctx) throws IOException {
JsonNode node = jp.getCodec().readTree(jp);
String text = node.toString();
String trimmed = text.substring(1, text.length() - 1);
trimmed = trimmed.replace("\\", "");
trimmed = trimmed.replace("\n", "");
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
JsonNode obj = mapper.readTree(trimmed);
Foo result = mapper.convertValue(obj, Foo.class);
return result;
}
}
#Data
#JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public class Settings {
#JsonDeserialize(using = FooDeserializer.class)
private Foo foo;
private Bar bar;
}
However, now if I want to deserialize settings.bar, I need to implement another custom deserializer. So I implemented a generic deserializer as follows:
public class QuotedObjectDeserializer<T> extends JsonDeserializer<T> implements ContextualDeserializer {
private Class<?> targetType;
private ObjectMapper mapper;
public QuotedObjectDeserializer(Class<?> targetType, ObjectMapper mapper) {
this.targetType = targetType;
this.mapper = mapper;
}
#Override
public JsonDeserializer<T> createContextual(DeserializationContext context, BeanProperty property) {
this.targetType = property.getType().containedType(1).getRawClass();
return new QuotedObjectDeserializer<T>(this.targetType, this.mapper);
}
#Override
public T deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext context) throws IOException {
JsonNode node = jp.getCodec().readTree(jp);
String text = node.toString();
String trimmed = text.substring(1, text.length() - 1);
trimmed = trimmed.replace("\\", "");
trimmed = trimmed.replace("\n", "");
JsonNode obj = this.mapper.readTree(trimmed);
return this.mapper.convertValue(obj, this.mapper.getTypeFactory().constructType(this.targetType));
}
}
Now I'm not sure how to actually use the deserializer, as annotating Settings.Foo with #JsonDeserialize(using = QuotedObjectDeserializer.class) obviously does not work.
Is there a way to annotate properties to use a generic custom deserializer? Or, perhaps more likely, is there a way to configure the default deserializers to handle the stringy objects returned in my example JSON?
Edit: The problem here is specifically deserializing settings.foo and settings.bar as objects. The JSON representation has these objects wrapped in quotes (and polluted with escape sequences), so they are deserialized as Strings.

Sorry about the length of the code here. There are plenty of shortcuts here (no encapsulation; added e to defaulte to avoid keyword etc.) but the intent is there
Model class:
package com.odwyer.rian.test;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ReflectionToStringBuilder;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
public class Model {
public String id;
public String name;
public Connections connections;
public Settings settings;
public static class Connections {
public String defaulte;
public String dev;
#Override
public String toString() {
return ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(this);
}
}
public static class Foo {
public Foo () {}
#JsonCreator
public static Foo create(String str) throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
return (new ObjectMapper()).readValue(str, Foo.class);
}
public Integer fooId;
public String token;
#Override
public String toString() {
return ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(this);
}
}
public static class Bar {
public Bar() {}
#JsonCreator
public static Bar create(String str) throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
return (new ObjectMapper()).readValue(str, Bar.class);
}
public Integer barId;
public String accountId;
#Override
public String toString() {
return ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(this);
}
}
public static class Settings {
public Foo foo;
public Bar bar;
#Override
public String toString() {
return ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(this);
}
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(this);
}
}
The caller:
package com.odwyer.rian.test;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Scanner;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
public class TestClass {
private static ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
public static void main(String[] args) throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
Scanner file = new Scanner(new File("test.json"));
String jsonStr = file.useDelimiter("\\Z").next();
Model model = objectMapper.readValue(jsonStr, Model.class);
System.out.println(model.toString());
}
}
The result (too much hassle to format out but it is all there!):
com.odwyer.rian.test.Model#190083e[id=abcd1234,name=test,connections=com.odwyer.rian.test.Model$Connections#170d1f3f[defaulte=http://foo.com/api/,dev=http://dev.foo.com/api/v2],settings=com.odwyer.rian.test.Model$Settings#5e7e6ceb[foo=com.odwyer.rian.test.Model$Foo#3e20e8c4[fooId=1,token=abc],bar=com.odwyer.rian.test.Model$Bar#6291bbb9[barId=2,accountId=d7cj3]]]
The key, courtesy of Ted and his post (https://stackoverflow.com/a/8369322/2960707) is the #JsonCreator annotation

Jackson Serialization for subclasses

In the below example, I have a primary class - A and its subclass - B. Both can be used as a property in the general class X.
public class A
{
#JsonProperty("primary_key")
public final String primaryKey;
#JsonCreator
A(#JsonProperty("primary_key") String primaryKey)
{
this.primaryKey = primaryKey;
}
}
public class B extends A
{
#JsonProperty("secondary_key")
public final String secondaryKey;
#JsonCreator
B(#JsonProperty("primary_key") String primaryKey, #JsonProperty("secondary_key") String secondaryKey)
{
super(primaryKey);
this.secondaryKey = secondaryKey;
}
}
public class X
{
#JsonProperty("keys")
public final A keys;
#JsonCreator
X(#JsonProperty("keys") A keys)
{
this.keys = keys;
}
}
How can I use Jackson Polymorphic feature in order to correctly deserialize the below given json into their respective classes:
JSON A :
{ "keys" :{
"primary_key" : "abc"
}
}
JSON B :
{ "keys" : {
"primary_key" : "abc",
"secondary_key" : "xyz"
}
}
Expected Result: Map keys object to Class A for JSON A and Class B for JSON B.
Please suggest alternative suggestions too.

It feels like a pretty common problem and there is no easy annotations way to solve it (Or maybe i just cant find one):
Jackson Polymorphic Deserialization - Can you require the existence of a field instead of a specific value?
Deserializing polymorphic types with Jackson
One thing you can do is to add custom deserializer to your object mapper. Here is nice demo of this approach: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19464580/1032167
Here is demo related to your example:
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.ObjectCodec;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Main4 {
private static final String jsonA = "{ \"keys\" : { \"primary_key\" : \"abc\" } }";
private static final String jsonB =
"{ \"keys\" : { \"primary_key\" : \"abc\", \"secondary_key\" : \"xyz\" } }";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
SimpleModule idAsRefModule = new SimpleModule("ID-to-ref");
idAsRefModule.addDeserializer(A.class, new AJsonDeserializer());
mapper.registerModule(idAsRefModule);
X tl = mapper.readValue(jsonA, X.class);
System.out.println(tl);
X t2 = mapper.readValue(jsonB, X.class);
System.out.println(t2);
}
public static class AJsonDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<A>{
#Override
public A deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext dc)
throws IOException {
ObjectCodec codec = jp.getCodec();
JsonNode node = codec.readTree(jp);
if (node.has("secondary_key")) {
return codec.treeToValue(node, B.class);
}
return new A(node.findValue("primary_key").asText());
}
}
public static class A
{
#JsonProperty("primary_key")
public final String primaryKey;
#JsonCreator
A(#JsonProperty("primary_key") String primaryKey)
{
this.primaryKey = primaryKey;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "A{" +
"primaryKey='" + primaryKey + '\'' +
'}';
}
}
public static class B extends A
{
#JsonProperty("secondary_key")
public final String secondaryKey;
#JsonCreator
B(#JsonProperty("primary_key") String primaryKey,
#JsonProperty("secondary_key") String secondaryKey)
{
super(primaryKey);
this.secondaryKey = secondaryKey;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "B{" +
"primaryKey='" + primaryKey + '\'' +
"secondaryKey='" + secondaryKey + '\'' +
'}';
}
}
public static class X
{
#JsonProperty("keys")
public final A keys;
#JsonCreator
X(#JsonProperty("keys") A keys)
{
this.keys = keys;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "X{" +
"keys=" + keys +
'}';
}
}
}
But you will have to create one more super class if you want to use default A deserializer or look here how you can solve this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18405958/1032167

If I understoon correctly, simply passing the values will work, without any config. I believe this is what you are looking for:
public class Test {
private static final String JSON = "{\"keys\":{\"primary_key\":\"abc\",\"secondary_key\":\"xyz\"}}";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
X x = mapper.readValue(JSON, X.class);
System.out.println(mapper.writeValueAsString(x));
}
}
class A {
private String primary_key;
public String getPrimary_key() {
return primary_key;
}
public void setPrimary_key(String primary_key) {
this.primary_key = primary_key;
}
}
class B extends A {
private String secondary_key;
public String getSecondary_key() {
return secondary_key;
}
public void setSecondary_key(String secondary_key) {
this.secondary_key = secondary_key;
}
}
class X {
private B keys;
public B getKeys() {
return keys;
}
public void setKeys(B keys) {
this.keys = keys;
}
}
Output will be:
{"keys":{"primary_key":"abc","secondary_key":"xyz"}}
In case this is not what you expect, please provide another explanation and I will edit the answer as needed.

Jackson's JsonIgnore

JsonIgnore annotation doesn't seem to work for me. Any ideas why?
public class JsonTest implements Serializable {
#JsonIgnore
private static JsonTest instance = null;
#JsonIgnore
private transient Set<String> set = new CopyOnWriteArraySet<String>();
private JsonTest() {}
#JsonIgnore
public static JsonTest getInstance() {
if (instance == null)
instance = new JsonTest();
return instance;
}
public void setSet(Set<String> set) {
this.set = set;
}
#JsonIgnore
public Set<String> getSet() {
return set;
}
public String toString() {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.configure(SerializationConfig.Feature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS, false);
try {
return mapper.writeValueAsString(this);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
HashSet<String> set = new HashSet<String>();
set.add("test");
JsonTest.getInstance().setSet(set);
System.out.println(JsonTest.getInstance().toString());
}
}
Output: {"set":["test"]}

Transient means that that field will not be serialized. You do not need to add #JsonIgnore annotation there because of that field will be excluded anyway.
You can locate #JsonIgnore annotation at least in org.codehaus.jackson:jackson-mapper-asl:1.9.13 and com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.4.3 (this is what I used). Where ObjectMapper is in jackson-mapper-asl artifact. The interesting part here is that if I use #JsonIgnore from jackson-annotations (com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore) -- it doesn't work ('set' is in response) even if I configure ObjectMapper to use only properties. Probably it is a bug in fasterxml implementation but I didn't find it.
So, it is working fine if you will use codehaus rather then fasterxml (I added configuration to use only fields):
import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonAutoDetect;
import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonIgnore;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializationConfig;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
public class JsonTest implements Serializable {
#JsonIgnore
private static JsonTest instance = null;
private transient Set<String> set = new CopyOnWriteArraySet<String>();
private JsonTest() {}
#JsonIgnore
public static JsonTest getInstance() {
if (instance == null)
instance = new JsonTest();
return instance;
}
public void setSet(Set<String> set) {
this.set = set;
}
#JsonIgnore
public Set<String> getSet() {
return set;
}
public String toString() {
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
mapper.configure(SerializationConfig.Feature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS, false);
mapper.setVisibilityChecker(mapper.getSerializationConfig().getDefaultVisibilityChecker()
.withFieldVisibility(JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.ANY)
.withGetterVisibility(JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE)
.withSetterVisibility(JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE)
.withCreatorVisibility(JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.NONE));
try {
return mapper.writeValueAsString(this);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
HashSet<String> set = new HashSet<String>();
set.add("test");
JsonTest.getInstance().setSet(set);
System.out.println(JsonTest.getInstance().toString());
}
}

Adding an Attribute to a JAXB Element

I'm struggling with some JAXB parsing and need some guidance.
Essentially, I'm trying to add attributes to my class variables that I have already declared as Elements using #XmlElement. So far, any attempt to use #XmlAttribute sets the attribute at the class level.
What I"m currently getting is this:
<DataClass newAttribute="test">
<myElement>I wish this element had an attribute</myElement>
<anotherElement>I wish this element had an attribute too</anotherElement>
</DataClass>
I'd like to to do this:
<DataClass>
<myElement thisAtt="this is what I'm talking about">This is better</myElement>
<anotherElement thisAtt="a different attribute here">So is this</anotherElement>
</DataClass>
I've seen other posts add an attribute to a single element using the #XmlValue, but that doesn't work when you have Elements, and won't work on multiple elements.
Does anyone have a thought on how this could be accomplished?
Thanks!
Jason

This will create that XML:
public class JaxbAttributes {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Marshaller marshaller =
JAXBContext.newInstance(DataClass.class).createMarshaller();
StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
DataClass dataClass = new DataClass(
new Foo("this is what I'm talking about", "This is better"),
new Foo("a different attribute here", "So is this"));
marshaller.marshal(dataClass, stringWriter);
System.out.println(stringWriter);
}
#XmlRootElement(name = "DataClass")
#XmlType(propOrder = {"myElement", "anotherElement"})
static class DataClass {
private Foo myElement;
private Foo anotherElement;
DataClass() {}
public DataClass(Foo myElement, Foo anotherElement) {
this.myElement = myElement;
this.anotherElement = anotherElement;
}
public Foo getMyElement() { return myElement; }
public void setMyElement(Foo myElement) { this.myElement = myElement; }
public Foo getAnotherElement() { return anotherElement; }
public void setAnotherElement(Foo anotherElement) { this.anotherElement = anotherElement; }
}
static class Foo {
private String thisAtt;
private String value;
Foo() {}
public Foo(String thisAtt, String value) {
this.thisAtt = thisAtt;
this.value = value;
}
#XmlAttribute
public String getThisAtt() { return thisAtt; }
public void setThisAtt(String thisAtt) { this.thisAtt = thisAtt; }
#XmlValue
public String getValue() { return value; }
public void setValue(String value) { this.value = value; }
}
}

Note: I'm the EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) lead, and a member of the JAXB 2.X (JSR-222) expert group.
Alternatively you could use the #XmlPath extension in MOXy to handle this use case:
DataClass
The #XmlPath annotation can be used with the standard JAXB annotations:
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.XmlPath;
#XmlRootElement(name="DataClass")
#XmlType(propOrder={"myElement", "anotherElement"})
public class DataClass {
private String myElement;
private String myElementThisAtt;
private String anotherElement;
private String anotherElementThisAtt;
public String getMyElement() {
return myElement;
}
public void setMyElement(String myElement) {
this.myElement = myElement;
}
#XmlPath("myElement/#thisAtt")
public String getMyElementThisAtt() {
return myElementThisAtt;
}
public void setMyElementThisAtt(String myElementThisAtt) {
this.myElementThisAtt = myElementThisAtt;
}
public String getAnotherElement() {
return anotherElement;
}
public void setAnotherElement(String anotherElement) {
this.anotherElement = anotherElement;
}
#XmlPath("anotherElement/#thisAtt")
public String getAnotherElementThisAtt() {
return anotherElementThisAtt;
}
public void setAnotherElementThisAtt(String anotherElementThisAtt) {
this.anotherElementThisAtt = anotherElementThisAtt;
}
}
Demo
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
public class Demo {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance(DataClass.class);
DataClass dataClass = new DataClass();
dataClass.setMyElement("This is better");
dataClass.setMyElementThisAtt("this is what I'm talking about");
dataClass.setAnotherElement("So is this");
dataClass.setAnotherElementThisAtt("a different attribute here");
Marshaller marshaller = jc.createMarshaller();
marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
marshaller.marshal(dataClass, System.out);
}
}
Output
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DataClass>
<myElement thisAtt="this is what I'm talking about">This is better</myElement>
<anotherElement thisAtt="a different attribute here">So is this</anotherElement>
</DataClass>
More Information
http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2010/07/xpath-based-mapping.html
http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2011/05/specifying-eclipselink-moxy-as-your.html

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