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yglodt
yglodt

Reputation: 14551

Can a configuration file be used to describe a JAXB export?

I have a rather large object tree which I want to export to XML. An object named Person is used at several places (as userCreated, userModified of many child entities, as client, etc)

I would like to export an instance of the object tree as XML and JAXB seems the way to do it.

But, I want to avoid annotating dozens of properties with @XmlTransient. On the contrary, I would like to have a central configuration file in which I could specify the children and properties to export.

Is that possible with JAXB?

Or is it not the right tool for the job?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 87

Answers (1)

bdoughan
bdoughan

Reputation: 149037

If less than half of the properties are mapped then you can specify @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE) on the class and then only fields/properties will JAXB Annotations will be mapped to XML.

If you want to configure the mappings by XML the EclipseLink MOXy implementation (I lead this project) offers a mapping file extension you can use.

Upvotes: 1

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