How to use JAXB annotations at runtime

Question

I have the following bean class

@XmlRootElement(name = \"book\")
//Optional
@XmlType(propOrder = {\"name\" })
public class Book {

private String name;
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Answer 1

Note: I'm the EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) lead and a member of the JAXB 2 (JSR-222) expert group.

The MOXy JAXB implementation offers the ability to manipulate the mapping metadata at runtime via its MetadataSource extension. For a detailed example see:

• http://blog.bdoughan.com/2011/06/moxy-extensible-models-refresh-example.html