Difference between revisions of "EclipseLink/UserGuide/MOXy/Mapping the Unmappable/Converters"

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This page is obsolete. Please see Developing JAXB Applications Using EclipseLink MOXy for current information.

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-{{EclipseLink_UserGuide
+'''[[Image:Elug_draft_icon.png|Warning]] This page is obsolete. Please see ''[http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/documentation/ Developing JAXB Applications Using EclipseLink MOXy]'' for current information.'''
-|info=y
-|toc=y
-|eclipselink=y
-|eclipselinktype=MOXy
-|api=y
-|apis= * [http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/api/latest/javax/xml/bind/annotation/adapters/XmlAdapter.html XmlAdapter]
-* [http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/api/latest/javax/xml/bind/annotation/adapters/XmlJavaTypeAdapter.html XmlJavaTypeAdapter]
-}}
-= XmlAdapter =
-JAXB's '''XmlAdapter''' can be used to map classes that would normally be considered "unmappable" - such as classes that do not have a default no-arg constructor, or classes for which an XML representation cannot be automatically determined.   In a custom subclass of '''XmlAdapter''', you can define define custom code to convert the unmappable class into something that JAXB can handle.  Then, you can use the '''XmlJavaTypeAdapter''' annotation to indicate that your adapter should be used when working with the unmappable class.
-== Example ==
-Our first example will use the following domain class:
-<source lang="java">
-package example;
-import java.util.Currency;
-@XmlRootElement
-@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
-public class PurchaseOrder {
-   private Double amount;
-   private Currency currency;
-   ...
-}
-</source>
-Here, the '''Currency''' cannot be automatically mapped with JAXB because it does not contain a no-argument constructor.  However, we can write an adapter that will convert the '''Currency''' into something that JAXB does know how to handle - a simple '''String''':
-<source lang="java">
-package example;
-public class CurrencyAdapter extends XmlAdapter<String, Currency> {
-   /*
-    *
-    */
-   public Currency unmarshal(String val) throws Exception {
-      return Currency.getInstance(val);
-   }
-   public String marshal(Currency val) throws Exception {
-      return val.toString();
-   }
-}
-</source>

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Difference between revisions of "EclipseLink/UserGuide/MOXy/Mapping the Unmappable/Converters"

Latest revision as of 13:19, 30 January 2013