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Java read complex xml file without schema to pojo

I need to parse a really big and deeply nested xml file into a tree of pojos. Unfortunately there is no xml schema because the format is too old.
(For the curious ones here is a link to the specification)
I already made the pojos according to the specification and even annotated all of the fields with @Nonnull and @Nullable.

Now how do I read the xml file and map the values and attributes, without creating a constructor in each java object that explicitly assigns the the attributes to the class members and constructs the xml tree recursively?

Solution

  • Maybe JAXB (Java Architecture for XML Binding wikipedia) will do the Job for you. Essentially, this allows you to store POJOs as XML and vice-versa, by creating the classes and adding annotations to them.

    Here is a simple tutorial on how to use this: http://www.mkyong.com/java/jaxb-hello-world-example/

    Best wishes