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(Mapping a Collection of XmlAttributes or XmlValues)
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<source lang="java">
 
<source lang="java">
 
@XmlRootElement
 
@XmlRootElement
 +
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
 
public class Customer {
 
public class Customer {
 
   @XmlElement(name="email-address")
 
   @XmlElement(name="email-address")
 
   private List<String> emailAddress;
 
   private List<String> emailAddress;
  
  public void setEmailAddress(List<String> value) {
 
      this.emailAddress = value;
 
  }
 
 
   ...
 
   ...
 
}
 
}
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<source lang="java">
 
<source lang="java">
 
@XmlRootElement
 
@XmlRootElement
 +
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
 
public class Customer {
 
public class Customer {
 
   @XmlElement(name="email-address")
 
   @XmlElement(name="email-address")
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   private List<String> emailAddresses;
 
   private List<String> emailAddresses;
  
  public void setEmailAddress(List<String> value) {
 
      this.emailAddress = value;
 
  }
 
 
   ...
 
   ...
 
}
 
}
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<source lang="java">
 
<source lang="java">
 
@XmlRootElement
 
@XmlRootElement
 +
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
 
public class Employee {
 
public class Employee {
 
   @XmlList
 
   @XmlList
 
   private List<String> tasks;
 
   private List<String> tasks;
  
  public void setTasks(List<String> value) {
 
      this.tasks = value;
 
  }
 
 
   ...
 
   ...
 
}
 
}
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<source lang="java">
 
@XmlRootElement
 
@XmlRootElement
 +
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
 
public class Customer {
 
public class Customer {
 
   @XmlAttribute
 
   @XmlAttribute
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   private List<Integer> ids;
 
   private List<Integer> ids;
  
  public void setIds(List<Integer> value) {
 
      this.ids = value;
 
  }
 
 
   ...
 
   ...
 
}
 
}
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<source lang="java">
 
<source lang="java">
 
@XmlRootElement(name="phone-numbers")
 
@XmlRootElement(name="phone-numbers")
 +
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
 
public class PhoneNumbers {
 
public class PhoneNumbers {
 
   @XmlValue
 
   @XmlValue
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   private List<String> numbers;
 
   private List<String> numbers;
  
  public void setNumbers(List<String> value) {
 
      this.numbers = value;
 
  }
 
 
   ...
 
   ...
 
}
 
}
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'''''EclipseLink OXM Metadata'''''
 
'''''EclipseLink OXM Metadata'''''
<source lang="java">
+
<source lang="xml">
 
...
 
...
 
<java-type name="Customer">
 
<java-type name="Customer">

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Mapping Collections of Simple Values

This section demonstrates several ways to map a collection of simple Java values directly to XML text nodes.


Mapping to Text Nodes

Given the XML schema in this example, the figure below illustrates the mapping of a Java collection to elements in a corresponding XML document.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
 
   <xsd:element name="customer" type="customer-type"/>
 
   <xsd:complexType name="customer-type">
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element name="email-address" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
 
</xsd:schema>

XML Direct Collection Mapping to Text Nodes

The following example shows how to annotate your Java class to obtain this mapping with EclipseLink. All that is needed is the standard JAXB @XmlElement annotation.

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Customer {
   @XmlElement(name="email-address")
   private List<String> emailAddress;
 
   ...
}

The example below shows how to to define your mapping information in EclipseLink's OXM metadata format.

...
<java-type name="Customer">
   <xml-root-element name="customer"/>
   <java-attributes>
      <xml-element java-attribute="emailAddresses" name="email-address"/>
   </java-attributes>
</java-type>
...



Mapping to Text Nodes with a Grouping Element

Given the XML schema in this example, the figure below illustrates the mapping of a Java collection to elements in a corresponding XML document, using a grouping element to organize the elements of the collection.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
 
   <xsd:element name="customer" type="customer-type"/>
 
   <xsd:complexType name="customer-type">
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element name="email-address" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
 
</xsd:schema>

XML Direct Collection Mapping to Text Nodes with a Grouping Element

The following example shows how to annotate your Java class to obtain this mapping with EclipseLink. We specify the grouping element with the @XmlElementWrapper annotation.

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Customer {
   @XmlElement(name="email-address")
   @XmlElementWrapper(name="email-addresses")
   private List<String> emailAddresses;
 
   ...
}

The example below shows how to to define your mapping information in EclipseLink's OXM metadata format.

...
<java-type name="Customer">
   <xml-root-element name="customer"/>
   <java-attributes>
      <xml-element java-attribute="emailAddresses" name="email-address">
         <xml-element-wrapper name="email-addresses"/>
      </xml-element>
   </java-attributes>
</java-type>
...



Mapping to a List Element

Given the XML schema in this exmaple, the figure below illustrates a mapping to an xsd:list type in a corresponding XML document. Using this mapping, you can represent the collection of simple Java objects as a String of white space delimited tokens in XML. Here, the tasks list contains three entries: "Design", "Code" and "Test".

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
 
   <xsd:element name="employee" type="employee-type"/>
 
   <xsd:complexType name="employee-type">
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:element name="tasks" type="tasks-type"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
 
   <xsd:simpleType name="tasks-type">
      <xsd:list itemType="xsd:string"/>
   </xsd:simpleType>
 
</xsd:schema>

XMLDirect Mapping to a List Field

The example below shows how to annotate your Java class to obtain this mapping with EclipseLink.

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Employee {
   @XmlList
   private List<String> tasks;
 
   ...
}

The example below shows how to to define your mapping information in EclipseLink's OXM metadata format.

...
<java-type name="Employee">
   <xml-root-element name="employee"/>
   <java-attributes>
      <xml-element java-attribute="tasks" xml-list="true"/>
   </java-attributes>
</java-type>
...

Mapping a Collection of XmlAttributes or XmlValues

@XmlList can also be used in conjunction with @XmlAttribute or @XmlValue, as shown below. The collection will be represented as a space-separated string in the attribute.

Java Annotations

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Customer {
   @XmlAttribute
   @XmlList
   private List<Integer> ids;
 
   ...
}
@XmlRootElement(name="phone-numbers")
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class PhoneNumbers {
   @XmlValue
   @XmlList
   private List<String> numbers;
 
   ...
}

EclipseLink OXM Metadata

...
<java-type name="Customer">
   <xml-root-element name="customer"/>
   <java-attributes>
      <xml-attribute java-attribute="ids" xml-list="true"/>
   </java-attributes>
</java-type>
...
 
...
<java-type name="PhoneNumbers">
   <xml-root-element name="phone-numbers"/>
   <java-attributes>
      <xml-value java-attribute="numbers" xml-list="true"/>
   </java-attributes>
</java-type>
...

Example XML Documents

<customer ids="726 1982 1989 2991"/>
<phone-numbers>6132883982 6139828817 18882982298</phone-numbers>


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