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==Using EclipseLink's @XmlPath Annotation==
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==Grouping Elements using EclipseLink's @XmlPath Annotation==
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By default, your Java attributes will be mapped to XML based on their attributes Java name, or by a name specified in an '''@XmlElement''' annotation.  This mapping is based on XPath, and EclipseLink's '''@XmlPath''' annotation allows you to customize this mapping.  For example, you can use it to control the nesting of your elements in XML:
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To make the elements of the '''Collection''' appear inside a grouping element, you can use '''@XmlPath''':
  
 
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@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
 
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public class Customer {
 
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   @XmlPath("contact-info/phone-number")
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   @XmlPath("phone-numbers/phone-number")
 
   private PhoneNumber phoneNumber;
 
   private PhoneNumber phoneNumber;
  
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<customer>
 
<customer>
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   <contact-info>
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   <first-name>Bob</first-name>
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       <phone-number>
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  <last-name>Smith</last-name>
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         <number>555-631-2124</number>
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  <phone-numbers>
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       <phone-number type="Home">
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         <number>5559827222</number>
 
       </phone-number>
 
       </phone-number>
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   </contact-info>
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      <phone-number type="Work">
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        <number>5558872216</number>
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</customer>
 
</customer>
 
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You can also use '''@XmlPath''' to map to different occurrences of the same element in XML, by index.  For example:
 
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public class Customer {
 
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  private PhoneNumber homePhone;
 
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  private PhoneNumber workPhone;
 
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<customer>
 
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  <contact-info>
 
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      <phone>
 
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        <number>555-631-2124</number>
 
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      </phone>
 
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      <phone>
 
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        <number>555-631-8298</number>
 
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      </phone>
 
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  </contact-info>
 
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</customer>
 
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</source>
 
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One-to-Many Mapping

This section illustrates how to map one-to-many relationships with Eclipselink.

The schema below shows a typical 1:M relationship between Customer and PhoneNumber 

<?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="first-name" type="xsd:string"/>
         <xsd:element name="last-name" type="xsd:string"/>
         <xsd:element name="phone-number" type="phone-type" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
 
   <xsd:complexType name="phone-type">
      <xsd:sequence>
         <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string"/>
         <xsd:element name="number" type="xsd:int"/>
      </xsd:sequence>
   </xsd:complexType>
 
</xsd:schema>

XML Composite Collection Mapping

The following example shows how to annotate your Java class to obtain this mapping with EclipseLink. The standard JAXB @XmlElement annotation, when used on a Collection field, can achieve this. 

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Customer {
   @XmlElement(name="first-name")
   private String firstName;
   @XmlElement(name="last-name")
   private String lastName;
   @XmlElement(name="phone-number")
   private List<PhoneNumber> phoneNumbers;
 
   ...
}
 
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class PhoneNumber {
   private String type;
   private Integer number;
 
   ...
}

The following example shows how 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="firstName" name="phone-number" type="java.lang.String"/>
      <xml-element java-attribute="lastName" name="phone-number" type="java.lang.String"/>
      <xml-element java-attribute="phoneNumbers" name="phone-number" type="PhoneNumber"/>
   </java-attributes>
</java-type>
 
<java-type name="PhoneNumber">
   <java-attributes>
      <xml-attribute java-attribute="type" type="java.lang.String"/>
      <xml-value java-attribute="number" type="java.lang.Integer"/>
   </java-attributes>
</java-type>
...

Grouping Elements using EclipseLink's @XmlPath Annotation

To make the elements of the Collection appear inside a grouping element, you can use @XmlPath: 

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Customer {
   @XmlPath("phone-numbers/phone-number")
   private PhoneNumber phoneNumber;
 
   ...
}

This will produce the following XML: 

<customer>
   <first-name>Bob</first-name>
   <last-name>Smith</last-name>
   <phone-numbers>
      <phone-number type="Home">
         <number>5559827222</number>
      </phone-number>
      <phone-number type="Work">
         <number>5558872216</number>
      </phone-number>
   </phone-numbers>
</customer>

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