Extending JAXB - Representing Metadata as JSON

This is the complete source code for the following blog post:

• http://blog.bdoughan.com/2012/04/extending-jaxb-representing-metadata-as.html

Summary

In EclipseLink 2.4 the MOXY component includes support for representing the mapping metadata as JSON. Now you can have a binding file like:

{
   "package-name" : "blog.bindingfile",
   "xml-schema" : {
      "element-form-default" : "QUALIFIED",
      "namespace" : "http://www.example.com/customer"
   },
   "java-types" : {
      "java-type" : [ {
         "name" : "Customer",
         "xml-type" : {
            "prop-order" : "firstName lastName address phoneNumbers"
         },
         "xml-root-element" : {},
         "java-attributes" : {
            "xml-element" : [ 
                {"java-attribute" : "firstName","name" : "first-name"}, 
                {"java-attribute" : "lastName", "name" : "last-name"}, 
                {"java-attribute" : "phoneNumbers","name" : "phone-number"}
            ]
         }
      }, {
         "name" : "PhoneNumber",
         "java-attributes" : {
            "xml-attribute" : [ 
                {"java-attribute" : "type"}
            ],
            "xml-value" : [ 
                {"java-attribute" : "number"}
            ]
         }
      } ]
   }
}

Compile the Example

You can compile the example code using the following command. Maven will automatically fetch the required dependencies.

 mvn compile

Run the Example

You can run the example using the following command.

mvn exec:java