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E-rich
E-rich

Reputation: 9511

What is JAXB generated package-info.java

I'm trying to find some information on what the package-info.java file generated by the JAXB xjc commandline app actually does. All that is in the file is

@javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema(namespace = "http://www.example.com", elementFormDefault = javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlNsForm.QUALIFIED)
package the.generated.package.path;

What is this package-info.java file used for?

Upvotes: 28

Views: 37757

Answers (3)

Kunal Khanna
Kunal Khanna

Reputation: 561

If you want to define default namespace for elements in your java model, you can define it in package-info.java

Upvotes: 0

piepera
piepera

Reputation: 2113

package-info.java is a way to apply java annotations at the package level. In this case Jaxb is using package-level annotations to indicate the namespace, and to specify namespace qualification for attributes (source).

Upvotes: 28

kdabir
kdabir

Reputation: 9868

This is also useful when you generate javadoc

package-info.java - Can contain a package declaration, package annotations, package comments and Javadoc tags. This file is new in JDK 5.0, and is preferred over package.html.

source : http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/solaris/javadoc.html#sourcefiles

Upvotes: 7

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