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Grouping XML attributes in a nested object

I would like to group certain XML attributes into a nested object. Given XML that looks like this:

  <root a="1" b="2" x="3" y="4" />

I want to map the data to POJOs that are structured like this:

class Root {
   public GroupA groupa;
   public GroupX groupx;  
}

class GroupA {
   public String a;
   public String b;
}

class GroupX {
   public String x;
   public String y;
}

Is that something that is possible using jackson-databind-xml?

Solution

  • Use of @JsonUnwrapped for groupa and groupx would allow flattening of those. And then possibly use of annotation for denoting serialize-as-attribute (@JacksonXmlProperty(attribute=true) or something) on properties could do it.