Personally, if it referred to the current version (2.0 at least, but
preferably JDK7+2.1.5), I would definitely buy it. I can't tell you how
often I go to buy some reference Java book and don't bother because they are
at least 2 major revisions out of date.
That being said, there are a few approaches (at least as indexes) that I
think would be really helpful...
1. Getting started - with(out) JDK6+, with(out) Maven, with(out) XJB files,
etc
2. Examples of the settings in the popular plugins (esp. the maven jaxb2
plugin)
3. The "If I want to do XYZ, how do I...." kind of index... This part is
aimed more towards the quick reference
4. FAQ for any thread that has appeared, say, at least 3 times on the list
I think your uidea of "what is generated, how and why" would be very key.
Many times users say "it is doing X but it has to do Y, what do I do"
Just my 2 cents
Malachi
On 9/28/07, Aleksei Valikov <valikov_at_gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> > I am very new to this mailing list and to JAXB itself. Yes of course, I
> > would appreciate a book that covers JAXB 2.0 in detail. There is already
> a
> > German book devoted solely to JAXB 2.0 available:
> >
> >
> http://www.amazon.de/JAXB-2-0-Samuel-Michaelis/dp/3446407537/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1
> > /302-2258488-7767209?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190981767&sr=8-1)
> >
> > It very much helped me to get started with JAXB 2.0. Although there are
> many
> > code examples, it stops when things get interesting.
>
> Well, yes, JAXB becomes very tricky beyond some point.
>
> The thing is, I've been developing with JAXB and for JAXB since ages -
> as well as supporting fellow JAXB users in mailing lists and so on.
> Sometimes I really for a good JAXB book which would not only tell you
> how to invoke XJC but describe in-depth what is generated, how and
> why.
>
> I've mailed O'Reilly if they would be interested in such a
> publications. If some of you guys have inside contacts in publishing
> companies who could be interested, please let me know.
> I promise I'll write a good book.
>
> Bye.
> /lexi
>
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