Well, here's an XML schema corresponding to your sample XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<xs:schema version="1.0" xmlns:xs="
http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:complexType name="SampleType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="INF" type="InfType" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:complexType name="InfType" mixed="true">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="INF" type="InfType" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
<xs:attribute name="name" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="SAMPLE" type="SampleType"/>
</xs:schema>
Although, by looking into the generated InfType.java, you'll see that by
using
JAXB you won't gain much, compared to a plain DOM tree. You have a
field String name, but the list field content is just a List<Serializable>.
You'll have to apply instanceof to each list element to see whether
it is another enclosed <INF>, or the content of a leaf node.
-W
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Eugene Ong <pebrian27_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm having a problem creating the proper classes and annotations for an XML
> with complex nested elements. Here is a sample XML:
>
> <SAMPLE>
> <INF name="DETAILS">
> <INF name="PHONE">5754837</INF>
> <INF name="GENDER">male</INF>
> </INF>
> <INF name="CONTENT">WOW</INF>
> </SAMPLE>
>
> The INF element can be a simple value or nested infinity!
>
> Changing the XML schema is not an options since this is already widely used
> in our system.
>
> Can this is be done using JAXB? Btw, this is my first time in using JAXB!
>
> Thanks very much,
> Eugene
>
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