How to unmarshal xml without mapping the root xml element?

Question

I want to unmarshal a xml file containing a collection of data, like this

 
      Jim
      Tom<         


        

Answer 1

JAXB:

• Iterate over subelements of the incoming XML (DOM, SAX, StAX - whatever API suits you best)
• unmarshaller.unmarshal(node, Person.class)

There are also advanced techniques with programmaticaly created mappings.