Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB)

JAXB is a framework that can allows us java developers to map our java classes to xml representations. JAXB is known for two key features . One would be the ability to marshal java objects into XML , and secondly is the ability to unmarshall the those XML back into java objects.

JAXB , in other words is making it very easy to us to store, and retrieve data in memory in xml format. Without the actual need to implement a specific set of XML load/save routines depending on the programs class structure.

JAXB is particularly useful when the specification is complex and changing.

JAXB is a part of the Java SE platform and one of the APIs in the Java EE platform, and is part of the Java Web Services Development Pack (JWSDP).

Let’s see the steps to convert java object into XML document.

• Create POJO or bind the schema and generate the classes
• Create the JAXBContext object
• Create the Marshaller objects
• Create the content tree by using set methods
• Call the marshal method

@XmlRootElement specifies the root element for the xml document.

@XmlAttribute specifies the attribute for the root element.

@XmlElement specifies the sub element for the root element.

Citation : David Gassner Creating and parsing with JAXB, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/javase/index-140168.html, https://www.javatpoint.com/jaxb-tutorial , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Architecture_for_XML_Binding