Simple Java Xml to POJO mapping/binding?

Question

I\'m trying to figure out the simplest way to map an xml file to to a plain old java object.

Note: That in my example the xml doesn\'t quite match up with my intend

Answer 1

EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) allows you to do the path based mapping that you are looking for:

@XmlRootElement 
class Animal 
{ 
 @XmlPath("standardName/Name/text()")
 private String name; 

 @XmlPath("standardVersion/VersionIdentifier/text()");
 private String versionIdentifier; 
} 

For more information see:

• http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2010/09/xpath-based-mapping-geocode-example.html
• http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2010/07/xpath-based-mapping.html
• http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/Examples/MOXy/GettingStarted/MOXyExtensions

EclipseLink also allows the metadata to be specified using an external configuration file:

• http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/Examples/MOXy/GettingStarted/ExternalizedMetadata