JAXB xsi:type subclass unmarshalling not working

Question

I\'m following the instructions on using xsi:type from this oft-cited blog post:

http://blog.bdoughan.com/2010/11/jaxb-and-inheritance-using-xsitype.html

Bas

Answer 1

In your test case you need to specify that the DocumentBuilderFactory is namespace aware. Without this setting the DOM input to your JAXB implemenation won't contain a properly formed xsi:type attribute.

    documentBuilderFactory.setNamespaceAware(true);