<x></x> is just an abbreviation for <x/>. See
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/REC-xml11-20060816/#sec-starttags
-W
On 12 May 2011 09:18, Markus Karg <karg_at_quipsy.de> wrote:
> Wolfgang,
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> thanks a lot for your kind help.
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> Unfortunately I already knew this workaround, and I want to prevent getting
> that empty text() node if any possible.
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> Thanks
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> Markus
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> *From:* Wolfgang Laun [mailto:wolfgang.laun_at_gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2011 09:17
> *To:* users_at_jaxb.java.net
> *Subject:* Re: How to prevent xsi:nil="true" xmlns:xsi="
> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
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> If this is acceptable to you:
> <m:my-local-name xmlns:m="http://www.myschema.com"></m:my-local-name>
> you can do
> JAXBElement<String> xe =
> new JAXBElement<String>(new QName("http://www.myschema.com",
> "my-local-name", "m"), String.class, "");
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> Obviously, this does have a text() child, since xsi:nil is gone. But this
> is what you want, isn't it ;-)
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> -W
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> On 12 May 2011 08:44, Markus Karg <karg_at_quipsy.de> wrote:
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> As our XML output is highly dynamic, we are using JAXBElement instance
> which we create on the fly shorty before marshalling.
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> Some of this dynamic elements can never have children, so we use the
> following code:
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> new JAXBElement<Void>(new QName("http://www.myschema.com",
> "my-local-name", "m"), Void.class, null)
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> This works pretty well, and renders like this:
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> <m:my-local-name xmlns:m="http://www.myschema.com" *xmlns:xsi="
> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true"*/>
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> But what we like to have instead is:
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> <m:my-local-name xmlns:m="http://www.myschema.com"/>
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> Is there a simple way to tell JAXB that it shall not add xsi:nil?
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> Thanks!
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> Markus
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