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See http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/documentation/2.4/moxy/advanced_concepts001.htm
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|apis= * [http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/api/latest/org/eclipse/persistence/jaxb/JAXBHelper.html JAXBHelper]
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* [http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/api/latest/org/eclipse/persistence/jaxb/JAXBContext.html JAXBContext (EclipseLink)]
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|example= * [[EclipseLink/Examples/MOXy/RefreshMetadata|Refresh Metadata Demo]]
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= Refreshing Metadata =
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EclipseLink MOXy '''2.3''' introduces the ability to refresh your '''JAXBContext's''' metadata at runtime.  This allows you to make changes to existing mappings in a live application environment and see those changes immediately without having to create a new '''JAXBContext'''.
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In order to use the Metadata Refresh feature, your metadata information must be provided in one of the following formats:
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* '''javax.xml.transform.Source'''
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* '''org.w3c.dom.Node'''
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* '''org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.metadata.MetadataSource'''
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== Example ==
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Our example will be bootstrapped from the following EclipseLink OXM file:
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<source lang="xml">
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<xml-bindings
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    xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/xsds/persistence/oxm"
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    package-name="example">
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    <java-types>
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        <java-type name="Root">
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            <java-attributes>
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                <xml-element java-attribute="name" name="orig-name"/>
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            </java-attributes>
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        </java-type>
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    </java-types>
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</xml-bindings>
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</source>
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Our '''JAXBContext''' is created in the standard way:
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<source lang="java">
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...
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ClassLoader classLoader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();
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DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
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dbf.setNamespaceAware(true);
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DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
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InputStream metadataStream = classLoader.getResourceAsStream("example/eclipselink-oxm.xml";
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Document metadataDocument = db.parse(metadataStream);
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metadataStream.close();
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Map<String, Object> props = new HashMap<String, Object>(1);
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props.put(JAXBContextFactory.ECLIPSELINK_OXM_XML_KEY, metadataDocument);
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JAXBContext context = JAXBContextFactory.createContext(new Class[] { Root.class }, props);
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...
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</source>
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At this point, if we were to marshal a '''Root''' object to XML, it would look like this:
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<source lang="xml">
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<root>
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    <orig-name>RootName</orig-name>
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</root>
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</source>
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For this example, we will modify the metadata '''Document''' directly to change the XML name for the '''name''' field.  We can then refresh the metadata using the '''refreshMetadata()''' API:
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<source lang="java">
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...
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Element xmlElementElement = (Element) metadataDocument.getElementsByTagNameNS("http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/xsds/persistence/oxm", "xml-element").item(0);
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xmlElementElement.setAttribute("name", "new-name");
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JAXBHelper.getJAXBContext(jc).refreshMetadata();
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...
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</source>
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After refreshing metadata, the same '''Root''' object will be marshalled as follows:
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<source lang="xml">
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<root>
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    <new-name>RootName</new-name>
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</root>
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</source>
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Latest revision as of 10:29, 8 November 2012

See http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/documentation/2.4/moxy/advanced_concepts001.htm

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