Hi Nitzan,
Since I just plugged JiBX in another thread I may as well do it here,
too. JiBX supports multiple binding definitions, allowing you to use the
same classes with multiple versions of XML (just a separate binding for
each version). AFAIK JAXB does not support any way of doing this.
- Dennis
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Nitzan Volman wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am currently evaluating JAXB with the intention to integrate it into
> an existing application,
>
> My application has a large amount of Java Beans which are currently
> serialized into XML the “primitive” way.
>
> (these classes implement an XMLSerializable interface with read() and
> write methods() )
>
> My intention is to get rid of “XMLSerializable” interface and use
> annotations on the existing classes.
>
> This brings me to the problem:
>
> I need to support to types of XML marshaling,
>
> - a verbose xml, which contains every field in my data objects (used
> for backup etc’)
>
> - a limited xml, which only contains a subset of the fields in the
> data objects (sent over the net – where the extra fields form a
> serious overhead).
>
> My question is how can I do this with JAXB 2.0 (using annotations)
>
> Thanks
>
> /Nitzan
>