> Could you give an example?
Sure.
docx4j uses JAXB to marshal/unmarshal Microsoft's OpenXML.
The following snippet of OpenXML is used to draw a horizontal line across
the page (like HTML's <hr>):
<w:p>
<w:pPr>
<w:pBdr>
<w:bottom w:val="single" w:sz="6" w:space="1"
w:color="auto" />
</w:pBdr>
</w:pPr>
</w:p>
I can produce that XML using the classes generated by XJC like this:
org.docx4j.wml.ObjectFactory factory = new
org.docx4j.wml.ObjectFactory();
org.docx4j.wml.P p = factory.createP();
org.docx4j.wml.PPr pPr = factory.createPPr();
p.setPPr(pPr);
org.docx4j.wml.PPrBase.PBdr bdr =
factory.createPPrBasePBdr();
org.docx4j.wml.CTBorder bottom =
factory.createCTBorder();
pPr.setPBdr(bdr);
bdr.setBottom(bottom);
bottom.setVal( org.docx4j.wml.STBorder.SINGLE );
bottom.setSz( new java.math.BigInteger("6")); //yuck
bottom.setSpace(new java.math.BigInteger("1"));
bottom.setColor("auto");
But it would be nice to say, "JAXB, here is the XML I'd like to generate;
pls create some code for me", and get something like the above back.
cheers
Jason