How do I prevent JAXB from binding superclass methods of the @XmlRootElement when marshalling?

Question

I have a class that is annotated as the @XmlRootElement with @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE). The problem that I am having is that the superc

Answer 1

Just add

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)

in front of EACH superclass declaration (and the class itself).

In your case:

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)
class NamedObject{
    [ ... ]
}

Remember that this has to be done really for each superclass, it is often forgotten when dealing with huge class dependency trees.

Interfaces, of course, don't need any JAXB annotations.