javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException: unexpected element (uri:“”, local:“Group”)

Question

unexpected element (uri:\"\", local:\"Group\"). Expected elements are <{}group>

Meet an exception when unmarshalling from xml

Answer 1

This is a fix for a pretty niche use case but it gets me each time. If you are using the Eclipse Jaxb generator it creates a file called package-info.

@javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema(namespace = "blah.xxx.com/em/feed/v2/CommonFeed")
package xxx.blah.mh.domain.pl3xx.startstop;

If you delete this file it will allow a more generic xml to be parsed. Give it a try!