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Asked: 2026-06-01T19:38:50+00:00

I wanted to know why do we need to specify the Annotation @XmlAccessorType when

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I wanted to know why do we need to specify the Annotation @XmlAccessorType when working with JAXB .

When i googled for this i found out this description from a website stating this
@XmlAccessorType sets default field and property serializability. By default, JAXB serializes public fields and properties. By setting @XmlAccessorType, the bean can choose to only allow annotated fields to be serialized.

Here the author mentions that with this annotation it gives control on serialization .

My question is , so @XmlAccessorType has nothing to do with the JAXB Binding and Unbinding from XML to java and java to XML , and it is all about Serialization only .

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    JAXB’s @XmlAccessorType annotation is only used by JAXB (JSR-222) implementations for determining how to marshal a file to/from XML:

    Normally the main decision to be made is between FIELD & PROPERTY/PUBLIC. FIELD is particularly useful when you have logic in your get/set methods that you do not want triggered during marshalling/unmarshalling. To see one way this choice affects the mapping metadata see:

    NONE is a useful choice when you have many unmapped properties and you want to tell your JAXB implementation to only map the fields/properties you have annotated. This can be alot easier than adding a lot of @XmlTransient annotations into your model.

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