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Where to include jaxb.properties file?

I have REST (Jersey) webservice that makes use of some data objects that are marshalled/unmarshalled to/from XML. The data objects are in a separate project/jar that the webservice war depends on.

I'm using MOXy as my JAXB implementation since I'm deploying to Glassfish and that's already included. I know I need a jaxb.properties file to set the JAXB implementation to MOXy with this entry:

javax.xml.bind.context.factory=org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextFactory

The question is, should the jaxb.properties file be included in the data object jar or in the webservice war or both?

Solution

  • You package the jaxb.properties file with your model classes. GlassFish does not include the MOXy bundle yet, but you can add it easily. Check out my blog for more info: