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How generate XMLElementWrapper annotation with xjc and customized binding

I'm using JAXB and xjc to compile my XML Schema into Java classes. I do not want to manually edit this generated classes. I have xml schema like that:

<xs:element name="root">
  <xs:complexType>
    <xs:sequence>
      <xs:element name="items">
        <xs:complexType>
          <xs:sequence>
            <xs:element ref="item" />
          </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
      </xs:element>
    </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
</xs:element>

The xjc generates a class Items that only contains a list of Item objects. Is there any chance to omit the class Items and have a list of Item objects directly in the Rootclass?

I know that this can be done with @XMLElementWrapper annotation, but I don't know how to tell xjc to create such.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Best regards, Markus

Solution

  • Bjarne Hansen developed a plugin for xjc that was able to take care of this. Unfortunately, the link to the original implementation is now dead. However, there is a project by Dmitry Katsubo on github, based on Bjarne's original code with some additional improvements.

    → https://github.com/dmak/jaxb-xew-plugin

    (Just for reference: the original link, now dead: http://www.conspicio.dk/blog/bjarne/jaxb-xmlelementwrapper-plugin)