XML deserialization to POJO using Jackson XmlMapper

Question

Using Jackson XmlMapper annotations, how would I deserialize this XML into a pojo?

Answer 1

Your POJO classes do not fit to your XML. The structure is simpler than you thought. See below example:

@JacksonXmlRootElement(localName = "open")
class OpenCredentials {

    @JacksonXmlProperty(localName = "creds")
    @JacksonXmlElementWrapper(useWrapping = false)
    private Credentials[] credentials;

    //getters, setters, toString
}


class Credentials {

    @JacksonXmlProperty(isAttribute = true)
    private String priv;

    @JacksonXmlProperty(isAttribute = true)
    private String type;

    private String user;

    @JacksonXmlProperty(localName = "client_token")
    private String clientToken;

    @JacksonXmlProperty(localName = "client_secret")
    private String clientSecret;

    //getters, setters, toString
}

Simple usage:

XmlMapper mapper = new XmlMapper();
OpenCredentials openCredentials = mapper.readValue(XML, OpenCredentials.class);
System.out.println(openCredentials);

Above program prints (for your XML):

OpenCredentials{credentials=[Credentials{priv='write', type='internal', user='Username1', client_token='abcplaudzrbcy37c', client_secret='0cxDE3LE0000='}, Credentials{priv='read', type='internal', user='Username1', client_token='123plaudzrbcy37c', client_secret='0cxDE3LE1234='}, Credentials{priv='none', type='internal', user='Username1', client_token='000plaudzrbcy37c', client_secret='0cxDE3LEabcd='}]}

See also:

1. jackson-dataformat-xml.
2. Home: Jackson XML databind Wiki.