Simple Java to XML example

Question

I've read a time ago about generate xml from Java using annotations, but I'm not finding a simple example now.

If I want to make a xml file like:

<x:element uid="asdf">value</x:element>

from my java class:

public class Element {
  private String uid = "asdf";
  private String value = "value";
}

Which annotations should I use to perform that? (I have a xml-schema, if this helps the generation)

--update

The javax.xml.bind.annotation package have the annotations, "but I still haven't found what I'm looking for": an exemple of usage.. :)

Answer 1

There are various tools that you can use to do this. XStream (http://xstream.codehaus.org/) is a reasonably easy tool to use that allows you to use annotations to determine the schema of XML that is created.

Answer 2

Found: http://www.java2s.com/Code/JavaAPI/javax.xml.bind.annotation/javaxxmlbindannotationXmlRootElement.htm

Answer 3

For the benefit of anyone else hitting this thread, I imagine you did the following:

@XmlRootElement
public class Element { 

  @XmlAttribute
  private String uid = "asdf"; 

  @XmlValue
  private String value = "value"; 
}