How to generate classes from XSD that implements serializable?

Question

I need to generate many classes from my XML Schema (XSD) in a package (.jar). How can I configure these classes to be serializable?

(I\'m using Eclipse and JAX-B)

Answer 1

If you are using XJC, I recomend you to read this reference: JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding: JAXB RI Vendor Extensions Customizations :

You have to add in your schema aditional namespaces definition to add xjc aditional markup:

Then, including an node within :

This will cause that all the concrete classes implement the Serializable interface. Also, you can define the UUID value of the resulting classes (that's an optional attribute).