Does JAXB work under Java 5?

Question

Building with maven I get \"package javax.xml.bind.annotation does not exist\"

What do I need to make JAXB work with Java 5?

Answer 1

You can download the reference implementation (RI) from http://jaxb.dev.java.net/.

I can't advise you on how to make it work with maven though - more trouble than it's worth, if you ask me.

Java6 included a slightly modified version of the RI, but the RI itself works just fine with Java5.