javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException: unexpected element (uri:“”, local:“Group”)

Question

unexpected element (uri:\"\", local:\"Group\"). Expected elements are <{}group>

Meet an exception when unmarshalling from xml

Answer 1

In case you are going crazy because this happens only in your Tests and you are using PowerMock this is the solution, add it on top of your test class:

@PowerMockIgnore({ "javax.xml.*", "org.xml.*", "org.w3c.*" })

Answer 2

It looks like your XML document has the root element "Group" instead of "group". You can:

1. Change the root element on your XML to be "group"
2. Add the annotation @XmlRootElement(name="Group") to the Group classs.