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=Static and Dynamic Entities=
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==Using Static MOXy==
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==Using Dynamic MOXy==
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With EclipseLink Dynamic MOXy, you can bootstrap a '''JAXBContext''' from a variety of metadata sources and use existing JAXB APIs to marshal and unmarshal data… ''without having compiled Java class files on the classpath''. This allows you to alter the metadata as needed, without having to update and recompile the previously-generated Java source code.
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You should consider using Dynamic MOXy when:
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*You want EclipseLink to generate classes from an XML schema (XSD).
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*You do not want to deal with concrete Java domain classes.
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===Dynamic Entities===
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Instead of using actual Java classes (such as <tt>Customer.class</tt> or <tt>Address.class</tt>), Dynamic MOXy uses a simple <tt>get(propertyName)</tt>/<tt>set(propertyName, propertyValue)</tt> API to manipulate data. EclipseLink generates (in memory) a <tt>DynamicType</tt> associated with each <tt>DynamicEntity</tt>.
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{{tip||<tt>DynamicTypes</tt> are similar to Java classes; whereas <tt>DynamicEntities</tt> can be thought of as instances of a <tt>DynamicType</tt>.}}
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'''Example'''
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<source lang="java">
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DynamicEntity customer = (DynamicEntity) dynamicJAXBContext.createUnmarshaller().unmarshal(instanceDoc);
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String lastName = customer.get("lastName");
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List orders = customer.get("orders");
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...
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DynamicEntity address = dContext.newDynamicEntity("mynamespace.Address");
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address.set("street", "1001 Fleet St.");
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customer.set("lastName", lastName + "Jr.");
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customer.set("address", address);
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</source>
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===Creating Dynamic Entities===
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To create and use Dynamic MOXy entities, create a '''JAXBContext''' by using the '''DynamicJAXBContextFactory''' class. You can create a '''DynamicJAXBContext''' from an XML Schema file (XSD), EclipseLink OXM metadata file, or from an EclipseLink Project specified in the EclipseLink sessions.xml file.
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*[[UserGuide/MOXy/Runtime/Bootstrapping/From_Schema|Bootstrapping from XML schema (XSD)]]
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* Bootstrapping from EclipseLink OXM metadata
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** [[EclipseLink/UserGuide/MOXy/Runtime/Bootstrapping/Single_Project/From_OXM_using_DynamicEntities|Single project]]
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** [[EclipseLink/UserGuide/MOXy/Runtime/Bootstrapping/Single_Project/From_OXM_using_DynamicEntities|Multiple projects]]
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* Bootstrapping from EclipseLink project (sessions.xml)
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**[[EclipseLink/UserGuide/MOXy/Runtime/Bootstrapping/Single_Project/From_sessions.xml_using_DynamicEntities|Single project]]
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**[[EclipseLink/MOXy/Runtime/Bootstrapping/Single_Project/From_sessions.xml_using_DynamicEntities|Multiple projects]]
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Latest revision as of 10:35, 8 November 2012

See http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/documentation/2.4/moxy/dynamic_jaxb001.htm

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