JAXB xjc mapping to existing domain objects

Question

I have done a lot of searching and cannot find a concise example of how to map an XML schema to existing domain objects instead of creating brand new ones utilizing xjc<

Answer 1

You can use an external binding file to configure XJC to do what you want.

<jxb:bindings 
    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    xmlns:jxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
    version="2.1">

    <jxb:bindings schemaLocation="yourSchema.xsd">
        <jxb:bindings node="//xs:complexType[@name='CustomerOffice']">
            <jxb:class ref="com.blah.domain.CustomerOffice"/>
        </jxb:bindings>
    </jxb:bindings>
</jxb:bindings>

XJC Call

xjc -d outputDir -b binding.xml yourSchema.xsd