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=Date and Time Types=
 
You can use the '''@XMLSchemaType''' annotation to customize the XML representation of date and time information.
 
  
EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) also supports the following types which are not covered in the JAXB specification (JSR-222):
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=Mapping Dates and Times=
* java.sql.Date
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* java.sql.Time
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You can use the '''@XmlSchemaType''' annotation to customize the XML representation of date and time information.  Additionally, EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) supports the following types which are not covered in the JAXB specification (JSR-222):
* java.sql.Timestamp
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* '''java.sql.Time'''
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* '''java.sql.Timestamp'''
  
 
==Sample Schema==
 
==Sample Schema==

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Mapping Dates and Times

You can use the @XmlSchemaType annotation to customize the XML representation of date and time information. Additionally, EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) supports the following types which are not covered in the JAXB specification (JSR-222):

  • java.sql.Date
  • java.sql.Time
  • java.sql.Timestamp

Sample Schema

This example shows how JAXB handles date and time information. In this sample XML schema, notice that the date-of-birth element is of type xsd:date.

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

Generated Model

By using this JAXB XML schema to Java compiler (XJC) call, you can generate a class model from the sample schema. For example:

xjc -d out -p blog.date date.xsd

will generate the following Customer class:

package blog.date;
 
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchemaType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
import javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar;
 
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {"dateOfBirth"})
@XmlRootElement(name = "customer")
public class Customer {
 
    @XmlElement(name = "date-of-birth")
    @XmlSchemaType(name = "date")
    protected XMLGregorianCalendar dateOfBirth;
 
    public XMLGregorianCalendar getDateOfBirth() {
        return dateOfBirth;
    }
 
    public void setDateOfBirth(XMLGregorianCalendar value) {
        this.dateOfBirth = value;
    }
 
}

Notice that:

  • The dateOfBirth property is of type javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar
  • The dateOfBirth property uses the @XmlSchemaType annotation.

Some Java data types (like XMLGregorianCalendar) have multiple XML representations (like xsd:date, xsd:time or xsd:dateTime). Use @XmlSchemaType to select the appropriate representation.

Using a Different Date (or Calendar) Property

By default, the JAXB XML schema to Java compiler (XJC) generates a property of type XMLGregorianCalendar. However, you can easily change his to java.util.Date or java.util.Calendar, as shown here:

 
package blog.date;
 
import java.util.Date;
 
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchemaType;
 
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlRootElement(name = "customer")
public class Customer {
 
    @XmlElement(name = "date-of-birth")
    @XmlSchemaType(name = "date")
    protected Date dateOfBirth;
 
    public Date getDateOfBirth() {
        return dateOfBirth;
    }
 
    public void setDateOfBirth(Date value) {
        this.dateOfBirth = value;
    }
 
}


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