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Asked: 2026-05-25T03:33:43+00:00

Here is what I have so far to marshall my POJO using JAXB :

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Here is what I have so far to marshall my POJO using JAXB :

@XmlRootElement
public class Local {
    private Entity entity;

    public void setEntity(Entity entity) {
        this.entity = entity;
    }

    @XmlElement
    public Entity getEntity() {
        return entity;
    }
}

and 

@XmlRootElement
public class Entity {
    private String name;
    private String comment;

    public void setName(String name){
        this.name = name;
    }

    @XmlAttribute
    public String getName(){
        return this.name;
    }

    public void setComment...

    @XmlAttribute
    public void getComment...
}

With that, I get something like this:

<local>
    <entity name="" comment=""></entity>
</local>

However, I would prefer to have the name attribute as an attribute of the local:

<local entityName="" entityComment=""></local>

Is the XmlJavaTypeAdapter a good way to begin with?

Thanks,
Alex

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  1. Editorial Team

    There are a couple of different options to handle this use case:

    Option #1 – XmlAdapter (Any JAXB implementation)

    You could use an XmlAdapter for this use case. This will work as long as only one attribute value comes from the Entity object:

    EntityAdapter

    import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;

public class EntityAdapter extends XmlAdapter<String, Entity>{

    @Override
    public String marshal(Entity entity) throws Exception {
        if(null == entity) {
            return null;
        }
        return entity.getName();
    }

    @Override
    public Entity unmarshal(String name) throws Exception {
        Entity entity = new Entity();
        entity.setName(name);
        return entity;
    }

}

    Local

    The XmlAdapter is linked with the field/property using the @XmlJavaTypeAdapter annotation:

    import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlJavaTypeAdapter;

@XmlRootElement
public class Local {
    private Entity entity;

    public void setEntity(Entity entity) {
        this.entity = entity;
    }

    @XmlAttribute
    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(EntityAdapter.class)
    public Entity getEntity() {
        return entity;
    }

}

    For More Information

    Option #2 – @XmlPath (EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy)

    Alternatively if you are using EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy), the you could use the @XmlPath extension. This is useful with the Entity object corresponds to multiple XML attributes:

    Local

    Specifying the XPath “.” indicated that the child contents will be written into the parent element

    import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.*;

@XmlRootElement
public class Local {
    private Entity entity;

    public void setEntity(Entity entity) {
        this.entity = entity;
    }

    @XmlPath(".")
    public Entity getEntity() {
        return entity;
    }
}

    Entity

    public class Entity {
    private String name;
    private String comment;

    public void setName(String name){
        this.name = name;
    }

    @XmlAttribute(name="entityName")
    public String getName(){
        return this.name;
    }

    public void setComment(String comment){
        this.comment = comment;
    }

    @XmlAttribute(name="entityComment")
    public String getComment(){
        return this.comment;
    }
}

    For More Information

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