Java: XML to Object (or Array)

Question

How could I convert a XML Document to a Java Object (or Array)? I readed the XML like this:

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Answer 1

I would look at JAX/B, which gives a way to "bind" between Java objects and XML representations.

I've got a tiny write-up of doing it with Rational Eclipse-based tooling here, but there appear to be (never used them myself) straight Eclipse plugins too, for example this.

Indeed writing JAX/B by hand is possible, gets a bit dull for complex XML, but annotations are quite easy.