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Re: JAXB, XJC and the Java Beans spec. - boolean getter methods

From: Martin Grebac <Martin.Grebac_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:05:12 +0100

Hi,
 this is already fixed for JAXB 2.2. I didn't want the fix enabled for
2.1 to not break the compatibility, but there seems to be more and
more requests for this, so I might reevaluate that decision.
  MartinG

torsten.reinhard_at_gi-de.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have problems in using XJC to generate JAXB classes to match the
> Java Beans specification.
>
> The generated methods for <boolean> types are
> void set.....(Boolean value )
> Boolean is....()
>
> instead of
>
> void set....(boolean value)
> boolean is....()
>
> That causes problems in using JXPath (apache) for example, and other
> libraries, too.
>
> I´ve read a lot about this problem, for example:
>
> http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kohsuke/archive/2007/07/hudson_1122_and.html
> http://www.nabble.com/How-can-JAXB-generate-getter-method-for-boolean--td16563661.html
>
> http://www.mojavelinux.com/blog/archives/2006/09/the_great_jaxb_api_blunder/
>
> https://jaxb.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=131
> http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=301300&tstart=0
> <http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=301300&tstart=0>
>
> I´ve read something about a "booleangetter" plugin - is this already
> available anywhere?
> Isn´t there maybe another (simple) solution?
>
> What would you suggest to come around this "boolean getter method
> problem" ?
>
>
> Thanx, Torsten

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