JAXB List Tag creating inner class

Question

So we have an XSD type in the form:

Answer 1

When you define Bars as a complex type, Bars will be generated as separated class. Like this I find schema also easier to read. Bars will not be List in Foo unless you change maxOccurs to a value higher than 1 - you cannot do this on xs:all but you can use xs:sequence.

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After running xjc: Foo.java:

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    @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
    @XmlType(name = "Foo", propOrder = {

    })
    public class Foo {

        @XmlElement(name = "Bars", required = true)
        protected Bars bars;

        public Bars getBars() {
            return bars;
        }

        public void setBars(Bars value) {
            this.bars = value;
        }
    }

Bars.java:

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    @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
    @XmlType(name = "Bars", propOrder = {
        "bar"
    })
    public class Bars {

        @XmlElement(name = "Bar", required = true)
        protected List bar;

        ...
    }

With xs:seqence to get the list of Bars (maxOccurs="unbounded"): XSD:

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Foo.java:

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@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "Foo", propOrder = {
    "bars"
})
public class Foo {

    @XmlElement(name = "Bars", required = true)
    protected List bars;

    public List getBars() {
        if (bars == null) {
            bars = new ArrayList();
        }
        return this.bars;
    }
}