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Sanni
Sanni

Reputation: 57

put attribute at runtime during marshalling

After object to XML conversion using JAXB for existing POJOs I am getting the XML as:

<USER>
    <FIELDNAME>FirstName</FIELDNAME>
    <FIELDVALUE>Michael</FIELDVALUE>
    <FIELDID>001</FIELDID>
</USER>

But, as per the requirements it has to be like:

<USER>
    <FIRSTNAME ID="001">Michael</FIRSTNAME>
</USER>

Hence I modified POJOs as:

User.java

    @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
    @XmlRootElement(name="USER")
    public class User 
    {
        @XmlVariableNode("fieldName")
        List<Field> field;
        //   getter/setter
    }

Field.java

    @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
    public class Field 
    {
        @XmlTransient
        public String fieldName;
        @XmlValue
        public String fieldValue;
        //   getter/setter
    }

And getting XML somewhat expected(as below) but not exactly:

<USER>
    <FIRSTNAME>Michael</FIRSTNAME>
</USER>

The above mentioned scenario is too simple I know but apart from FIRSTNAME there can be many elements depends upon the situation. Now, how and what should I do to get the ID attribute for FIRSTNAME. where I need to declare the ID property or something other that can help me to get what I want.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 33

Answers (1)

cvesters
cvesters

Reputation: 696

You can use @XmlAttribute for that. Do you intend on auto-generating the ID?

Example:

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

Upvotes: 0

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