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Jaxb custom binding with eclipse

I have a jaxb custom bindings file in eclipse (named binding.xjb) and while it opens in the xml editor it won't provide content assist for any of the namespaces I have imported. This makes it very difficult to check the validity of the file.

The top of the file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<jaxb:bindings version="2.0" xmlns:jaxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
xmlns:xjc="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/xjc"
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">`

Anybody got any idea what I need to do to get content-assist working for this file?

Thanks

UPDATE: Following on from Blaises answer (below), I set:

Location:    http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/bindingschema_2_0.xsd
KeyType:     Namespace name
Key          http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb

and now I can see content assist in eclipse.

Solution

  • If you register an XML schema in the Eclipse XML catalog, then the XML editor will give you content assist when you create a corresponding root element with the appropriate namespace qualification. Below are the clicks for doing this in Eclipse Juno:

    • Open Preferences Window: Eclipse | Preferences
    • Preferences Window: XML | XML Catalog | Add