how to rename nested classes in jaxb xjc

Question

I have a wsdl that imports a schema I am trying to resolve xjc naming multiple nested MyElementName classes with the same name - which doesn\'t compile I have created this b

Answer 1

Your XPath:

//xsd:element[@name='AAA']
//xsd:sequence/xsd:element[@name='BBB']
//xsd:element[@name='MyElementName']

Seems to refer to both of your MyElementName elements since they're both under BBB. Try to get rid of //.

//xsd:element[@name='AAA']
/xsd:complexType
/xsd:sequence
/xsd:element[@name='BBB']
/xsd:complexType
/xsd:sequence
/xsd:element[@name='MyElementName']

I think this is the right direction you go. You have to customize your anonymous inner complex types.

Answer 2

JAXB generates one class per one complex type, so I believe you should bind your custom class name to xs:complexType rather than xs:element. Your first XPath refers to the xs:element and I think JAXB does not know how to bind a class to it. Try this binding:

<jaxb:bindings 
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:jaxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
version="2.1">
<jaxb:bindings schemaLocation="MYWSDL.wsdl">    
    <jaxb:bindings node="//xsd:element[@name='AAAA']//xsd:complexType//xsd:sequence/xsd:element[@name='BBB']//xsd:complexType/xsd:sequence//xsd:element[@name='MyElementName']/xs:complexType">
        <jaxb:class name="MyElementName1"/>
    </jaxb:bindings>               
    <jaxb:bindings node="//xsd:element[@name='AAAA']//xsd:sequence/xsd:element[@name='BBB']//xsd:element[@name='MyElementName']//xsd:sequence/xsd:element[@name='CCC']//xsd:sequence/xsd:element[@name='MyElementName']/xsd:complexType">
        <jaxb:class name="MyElementName2"/>
    </jaxb:bindings>
</jaxb:bindings>

Personally, I prefer using JAXB to XMLBeans. You should be careful with the latter, because when compiling a deeply nested schema it may generate a structure of nested classes impossible to compile due to filename length limitations (usually 255 characters).