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basZero
basZero

Reputation: 4284

Nested elements with JAXB where element holds attribute and element value at the same time

Environment: JAXB 2.1.2 with EclipseLink MOXy

Requirement:

I would like to get such an XML when marshalled:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root id="id123">
   <email>[email protected]</email>
   <address type="short">...</address>
</root>

I model this with these two classes:

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlRootElement(name="root")
public class ClassA {

    @XmlAttribute(name="id")
    private String id = null;

    @XmlElement(name="address")
    private Address addr = new Address();

    // and some getters setters
}

and

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Address {

    @XmlElement(name="address")
    private String address = null;

    @XmlAttribute(name="type")
    private String type = null;

}

What I get is this, where address gets nested twice:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root id="id123">
   <email>[email protected]</email>
   <address type="short">
      <address>...</address>
   </address>
</root>

How can I remove one hierarchy?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6535

Answers (1)

bdoughan
bdoughan

Reputation: 149007

You could do the following leveraging @XmlValue:

@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Address {

    @XmlValue
    private String address = null;

    @XmlAttribute(name="type")
    private String type = null;

}

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Upvotes: 7

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