Or more simply put, JAXB autogenerates an API that reads/writes the XML for
you (based on your XSD).
:)
Malachi
On 4/9/07, Prashant <prashant_at_pramati.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, this is possible with Jaxb and is the primary objective of this
> specification.
>
> JAXB generates the Java Classes from a XSD document.
>
> Then you can "marshall" any XML instance document of this schema to a
> Java Objects.
>
> If you think of XSD Schema document as a "blue print" Jaxb will generate
> Class files (Blue print in Java), then for any incoming XML instance
> document (data) JAXB can create Java Object instances.
>
> Perhaps this will help : http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=31
>
> *2.1* Please describe the proposed Specification:
> The proposed specification will define an /XML data-binding facility/
> for the Java^TM Platform. Such a facility compiles an XML schema into
> one or more Java classes. These automatically-generated classes handle
> the translation between XML documents that follow the schema and
> interrelated instances of the derived classes. They also ensure that the
> constraints expressed in the schema are maintained as instances of the
> classes are manipulated.
>
> -Prashant
>
> tweety123 wrote:
> > Hi, As far as I know about JAXB, it provides the facility to convert
> "XSD"
> > (not XML) to Java "classes" (not objects). This can be done using xjc
> > compiler. Can XML files (i.e. ones with data) be converted to Java
> objects
> > (retaining the data from XML files)? If yes, please throw some light on
> how
> > it can be done. If no, then is there some java technology to do such a
> > thing?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
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