On 13/04/2008, Michael Kay <> wrote:
> > So to bring the thread back around to the original point -
> > the easiest way to create an XML document is to use JAXB
> > 2.1... annotate your outermost container class then just
> > marshall it out. That's just 2 additional lines in its most
> > basic form.
>
>
> I suspect this is only the easiest way to do it in cases where there is a
> fairly close correspondence between the existing Java data structure and the
> XML you want to create. Where I have had to do this, this has never been the
> case.
The solution there is to have an extra layer between your code and the
pojos that map to the XML... Keep the XML to pojo really simple so
there is a close correspondence between the two, moving any complex
conversion to the extra layer.
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Andrew Welch
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