What is the difference between using @XmlElement before field and before getter declaration?

Question

I can declare JAXB element in two ways:

@XmlElement
public int x;

or

private int x;

@XmlElement
public int getX(){...}
         


        

Answer 1

The use of @XMLElement (and similar annotations) before fields or before getters is well explained in this post: http://blog.bdoughan.com/2011/06/using-jaxbs-xmlaccessortype-to.html.

The following annotation before a class determines the XML bindings of fields/getters:

• @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.PUBLIC_MEMBER): public fields, annotated fields and properties
• @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.PROPERTY): annotated fields and properties
• @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD): fields and annotated properties
• @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE): annotated fields and annotated properties