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multi instance xml file ummarshalling to objects

I am using JAXB to covert xml to objects. After doing some tutorial, I can successfully convert a simple xml (which has single object and unique element tag) to object. Then I need to deal with more complicated xml which has multiple instances and one parent tag. I still use the similar structure. But I couldn't get the expected output of three country objects. what is wrong with my code? Please help.
IntelliJ IDE console output is:
Countries#5e20a82a
Process finished with exit code 0
xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><Countries>
<Country>
<Country_Name>Spain</Country_Name>
<Country_Capital>Madrid</Country_Capital>
<Country_Continent>Europe</Country_Continent>
</Country>
<Country>
<Country_Name>USA</Country_Name>
<Country_Capital>Washington</Country_Capital>
<Country_Continent>America</Country_Continent>
</Country>
<Country>
<Country_Name>Japan</Country_Name>
<Country_Capital>Tokyo</Country_Capital>
<Country_Continent>Asia</Country_Continent>
</Country>
</Countries>
Countries.java
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
#XmlType( propOrder = { "name", "capital", "foundation", "continent" , "population"} )
#XmlRootElement( name = "Countries" )
public class Countries {
private int population;
private String name;
private String capital;
private int importance;
private String foundation;
private String continent;
#XmlElement(name = "Country_Population")
public void setPopulation(int population) {
this.population = population;
}
#XmlElement(name = "Country_Name")
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
#XmlElement(name = "Country_Capital")
public void setCapital(String capital) {
this.capital = capital;
}
#XmlAttribute(name = "importance", required = true)
public void setImportance(int importance) {
this.importance = importance;
}
#XmlElement(name = "Country_foundation")
public void setFoundation(String foundation) {
this.foundation = foundation;
}
#XmlElement(name = "Country_Continent")
public void setContinent(String continent) {
this.continent = continent;
}
}
CountryReader.java
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
import java.io.File;
public class CountryReader {
public static void main(String[] args) throws JAXBException {
File file = new File("country.xml");
JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance( Countries.class );
Unmarshaller jaxbUnmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
Countries countres = (Countries)jaxbUnmarshaller.unmarshal( file );
System.out.println( countres );
}
}

You should separate the mapping of the root element and the nested collection elements.
So you'd have something like this:
#XmlRootElement( name = "Countries" )
public class Countries {
private List<Country> countries;
#XmlElement(name = "Country")
public void setCountries(List<Country> countries) {
this.countries = countries;
}
}
 
#XmlType( propOrder = { "name", "capital", "foundation", "continent" , "population"} )
#XmlRootElement( name = "Country" )
public class Country {
private int population;
private String name;
private String capital;
private int importance;
private String foundation;
private String continent;
#XmlElement(name = "Country_Population")
public void setPopulation(int population) {
this.population = population;
}
#XmlElement(name = "Country_Name")
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
#XmlElement(name = "Country_Capital")
public void setCapital(String capital) {
this.capital = capital;
}
#XmlAttribute(name = "importance", required = true)
public void setImportance(int importance) {
this.importance = importance;
}
#XmlElement(name = "Country_foundation")
public void setFoundation(String foundation) {
this.foundation = foundation;
}
#XmlElement(name = "Country_Continent")
public void setContinent(String continent) {
this.continent = continent;
}
}
For more information about dealing with collections in JAXB, see this blog post. #XmlElementWrapper would seem suitable for your task, but I don't think it can be used directly with root elements.

JAXB unmarshalling elements with same name

this is my xml structure
<catalog>
<course>
<course_id></course_id>
<subjects>
<subject>
<subject_id></subject_id>
</subject>
<subject>
<subject_id></subject_id>
</subject>
</subjects>
</course>
</catalog>
So, i'v tried to bind this xml to a class using JAXB Unmarshalling, but the result was nothing.
I was thinking, i have 2 base elements, course and subject, so i built 2 classes based on these elements.
This to control the course tag
#XmlRootElement(name="catalog")
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class curso {
#XmlElement(name="course_id")
int course_id;
#XmlElementWrapper(name="subjects")
#XmlElement(name="subject")
List <subject> subjects = new ArrayList<>();
public void setCourse_id(int curso_id) {
this.curso_id = curso_id;
}
public void setSubjects(List<subject> subjects) {
this.subjects = subjects;
}
}
And This to control the subject tag.
public class subject {
String subject_id;
#XmlElement(name="subject_id")
public void setSubjectId(String id) {
this.subject_id = id;
}
}
I made some to string functions, and my output was nothing.
What is the problem?

The course element also have a wrapper tag <course> So either you need to change you xml to remove <catalog> tag and make <course> as the root. Or you should create a new class catalog and make course as a field. Like
#XmlRootElement(name="catalog")
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
class catalog {
#XmlElement(name="course")
curso course;
public curso getCourse() {
return course;
}
public void setCourse(curso course) {
this.course = course;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "catalog [course=" + course + "]";
}
}
A complete example
import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElementWrapper;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
#XmlRootElement(name="catalog")
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
class catalog {
#XmlElement(name="course")
curso course;
public curso getCourse() {
return course;
}
public void setCourse(curso course) {
this.course = course;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "catalog [course=" + course + "]";
}
}
class curso {
#XmlElement(name = "course_id")
int course_id;
#XmlElementWrapper(name = "subjects")
#XmlElement(name = "subject")
List<subject> subjects = new ArrayList<>();
public void setCourse_id(int curso_id) {
this.course_id = curso_id;
}
public void setSubjects(List<subject> subjects) {
this.subjects = subjects;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "curso [course_id=" + course_id + ", subjects=" + subjects + "]";
}
}
class subject {
String subject_id;
#XmlElement(name = "subject_id")
public void setSubjectId(String id) {
this.subject_id = id;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return "subject [subject_id=" + subject_id + "]";
}
}
public class JaxbExample2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
File file = new File("file.xml");
JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(catalog.class);
Unmarshaller jaxbUnmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
catalog customer = (catalog) jaxbUnmarshaller.unmarshal(file);
System.out.println(customer);
} catch (JAXBException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

JAXB Unmarshalling a List

I am having trouble unmarshalling a simple list of elements with JAXB. I have simplified my model further and still have a problem.
I have 2 element classes, a Classroom element and a Student element. I have modelled them in Java like below:
#XmlRootElement(name = "classroom", namespace = "http://www.info.com/school/model")
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Classroom {
#XmlElementWrapper(name = "students")
#XmlElement(name = "student", type = Student.class)
private List<Student> students;
public List<Student> getStudents() {
return students;
}
public void setStudents(List<Student> students) {
this.students = students;
}
}
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Student {
private String name;
private String gender;
private Integer age;
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getGender() {
return gender;
}
public void setGender(String gender) {
this.gender = gender;
}
public Integer getAge() {
return age;
}
public void setAge(Integer age) {
this.age = age;
}
}
When I try to unmarshal the classroom element, it is unable to unmarshal the list of students. For example the following code should print out to System out "Number of Pupils is: 2", yet when I run it I get "Number of Pupils is: 0".
Is someone able to point me in the right direction for configuring the JAXB annotations so that I can unmarshal this?
I have even added a toString methof call on the JAXB context and I can see that the Student class is listed as well.
public static void main(String[] args) {
SimpleJaxbTestForLists sjtfl = new SimpleJaxbTestForLists();
sjtfl.unmarshal("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?><classroom xmlns=\"http://www.info.com/school/model\"><students><student><name>Test Student 1</name><gender>Male</gender><age>12</age></student><student><name>Test Student 2</name><gender>Female</gender><age>12</age></student></students></classroom>");
}
public void unmarshal(String xmlContent) {
try {
JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(Classroom.class);
System.out.println(jaxbContext.toString());
Unmarshaller jaxbUnmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
StringReader reader = new StringReader(xmlContent);
Classroom classroom = (Classroom) jaxbUnmarshaller.unmarshal(reader);
System.out.println("Number of Pupils is: " + classroom.getStudents().size());
} catch (JAXBException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}

Since your XML document specifies a default namespace, you can leverage a package level #XmlSchema annotation to map the namespace qualification:
package-info.java
#XmlSchema(
namespace = "http://www.info.com/school/model",
elementFormDefault = XmlNsForm.QUALIFIED)
package example;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlNsForm;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema;
For More Information
You can read more about JAXB and namespace qualification on my blog:
http://blog.bdoughan.com/2010/08/jaxb-namespaces.html

Unmarshal with JAXB

I need to unmarshal a XML string into a class that already exists in my project, but I can't figure out how to unmarshal a certain part of the XML to a list of objects. Let me explain with some code:
I have this XML:
<user>
<id>123</id>
<name>John Doe</name>
<vaddresses>
<address>
<street>Street XYZ</street>
</address>
<address>
<street>Street ABC</street>
</address>
</vaddresses>
</user>
And I have these classes:
User
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
#XmlType(name = "User", propOrder = {"id", "name", "addresses"})
public class User {
#XmlElement
private int id;
#XmlElement
private String name;
#XmlElement
private List<Address> addresses;
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public List<Address> getAddresses() {
return addresses;
}
public void setAddresses(List<Address> addresses) {
this.addresses = addresses;
}
Address
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
#XmlType(name = "Address", propOrder = {"street"})
public class Address {
#XmlElement
private String street;
public String getStreet() {
return street;
}
public void setStreet(String street) {
this.street = street;
}
}
When I try to unmarshal the XML into these classes, fields id and name are processed correctly, but the same doesn't occur with the addresses:
Output
User:
Id: 123
Nome: John Doe
Addresses: null
How do I solve this problem? Is there some JAXB annotation that I can use? And how? Or do I need to create some type of XmlAdapter? (I've tried this one but without success...)

You can leverage #XmlElementWrapper to add a grouping element around your collection:
#XmlElementWrapper(name="vaddresses")
#XmlElement(name="address")
private List<Address> addresses;
Note
You are adding more annotations than are necessary. JAXB is configuration by exception so you only need to annotate where you want the XML representation to differ from the default.
http://blog.bdoughan.com/2012/07/jaxb-no-annotations-required.html

I think you have to change the type of the private property addresses:
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
#XmlType(name = "User", propOrder = {"id", "name", "vaddresses"})
public class User {
#XmlElement
private int id;
#XmlElement
private String name;
#XmlElement
private VAddress vaddresses;
//...
}
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
#XmlType(name = "VAddress", propOrder = {"addresses"})
public class VAddress {
#XmlElement
private List<Address> addresses;
//...
}
Maybe you can also try the annotation #XmlElementWrapper.
Regards,

User.java
package generated;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
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.XmlType;
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
#XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
"id",
"name",
"vaddresses"
})
#XmlRootElement(name = "user")
public class User {
protected int id;
#XmlElement(required = true)
protected String name;
#XmlElement(required = true)
protected User.Vaddresses vaddresses;
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int value) {
this.id = value;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String value) {
this.name = value;
}
public User.Vaddresses getVaddresses() {
return vaddresses;
}
public void setVaddresses(User.Vaddresses value) {
this.vaddresses = value;
}
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
#XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
"address"
})
public static class Vaddresses {
#XmlElement(required = true)
protected List<User.Vaddresses.Address> address;
public List<User.Vaddresses.Address> getAddress() {
if (address == null) {
address = new ArrayList<User.Vaddresses.Address>();
}
return this.address;
}
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
#XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
"street"
})
public static class Address {
#XmlElement(required = true)
protected String street;
public String getStreet() {
return street;
}
public void setStreet(String value) {
this.street = value;
}
}
}
}
JaxBExample.java
package generated;
import generated.User.Vaddresses.Address;
import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
public class JAXBExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
File file = new File("D:\\StackOverFlow\\JAXBTest\\file.xml");
JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(User.class);
Unmarshaller jaxbUnmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
User user = (User) jaxbUnmarshaller.unmarshal(file);
System.out.println("ID::"+user.getId());
System.out.println("Name::"+user.getName());
System.out.print("Addresses::");
for(Address address:user.getVaddresses().getAddress())
{
System.out.println(address.getStreet());
}
} catch (JAXBException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
output:--
ID::123
Name::John Doe
Addresses::Street XYZ
Street ABC

#XmlRegistry - how does it work?

I have found some examples of JAXB2 #XmlRegistry over the internet but no good in-depth tutorials that talk about the concept of using #XmlRegistry with #XmlElementDecl, wonder if its a concept not much explored in general.
Anyways here is my question, first some sample classes that I am using to unmarshall an xml using JAXB:
The main class I am trying to unmarshal using JAXB - Employee.java
package com.test.jaxb;
import java.util.List;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElementDecl;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRegistry;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import com.test.jaxb.dto.Address;
#XmlRootElement
public class Employee {
private int id;
private String name;
private String email;
private List<Address> addresses;
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getEmail() {
return email;
}
public void setEmail(String email) {
this.email = email;
}
public List<Address> getAddresses() {
return addresses;
}
public void setAddresses(List<Address> addresses) {
this.addresses = addresses;
}
#SuppressWarnings("unused")
#XmlRegistry
public static class XMLObjectFactory {
#XmlElementDecl(scope = Employee.class, name= "id")
JAXBElement<String> createEmployeeId(String value) {
return new JAXBElement<String>(new QName("id"), String.class, "100");
}
#XmlElementDecl(scope = Employee.class, name= "name")
JAXBElement<String> createName(String value) {
return new JAXBElement<String>(new QName("name"), String.class, "Fake Name");
}
#XmlElementDecl(scope = Employee.class, name= "email")
JAXBElement<String> createEmail(String value) {
return new JAXBElement<String>(new QName("email"), String.class, value);
}
#XmlElementDecl(scope = Employee.class, name= "addresses")
JAXBElement<List> createAddresses(List value) {
return new JAXBElement<List>(new QName("addresses"), List.class, value);
}
}
}
The child class - Address.java
package com.test.jaxb.dto;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElementDecl;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRegistry;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import com.test.jaxb.Employee;
#XmlRootElement
public class Address {
private String addressLine1;
private String addressLine2;
private String addressLine3;
public String getAddressLine1() {
return addressLine1;
}
public void setAddressLine1(String addressLine1) {
this.addressLine1 = addressLine1;
}
public String getAddressLine2() {
return addressLine2;
}
public void setAddressLine2(String addressLine2) {
this.addressLine2 = addressLine2;
}
public String getAddressLine3() {
return addressLine3;
}
public void setAddressLine3(String addressLine3) {
this.addressLine3 = addressLine3;
}
#SuppressWarnings("unused")
#XmlRegistry
private static class XMLObjectFactory {
#XmlElementDecl(scope = Employee.class, name= "addressLine1")
JAXBElement<String> createAddressLine1(String value) {
return new JAXBElement<String>(new QName("addressLine1"), String.class, value);
}
#XmlElementDecl(scope = Employee.class, name= "addressLine2")
JAXBElement<String> createAddressLine2(String value) {
return new JAXBElement<String>(new QName("addressLine2"), String.class, value);
}
#XmlElementDecl(scope = Employee.class, name= "addressLine3")
JAXBElement<String> createAddressLine3(String value) {
return new JAXBElement<String>(new QName("addressLine3"), String.class, value);
}
}
}
The xml to be unmarshalled - employee.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<employee>
<id>1</id>
<name>Vaishali</name>
<email>Vaishali#example.com</email>
<addresses>
<address>
<addressLine1>300</addressLine1>
<addressLine2>Mumbai</addressLine2>
<addressLine3>India</addressLine3>
</address>
<address>
<addressLine1>301</addressLine1>
<addressLine2>Pune</addressLine2>
<addressLine3>India</addressLine3>
</address>
</addresses>
</employee>
Unmarshalling Code :
package com.test.jaxb;
import java.io.FileReader;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
public class ObjectFactoryTest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
FileReader reader = new FileReader("resources/employee.xml");
JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(Employee.class);
Unmarshaller unmarshaller = context.createUnmarshaller();
Object obj = unmarshaller.unmarshal(reader);
System.out.println(obj);
}
}
When I unmarshal the employee xml using above code, the address list does not get populated. The resulting employee object only has a blank list of adresses. Is there anything wrong with my mappings?
To find out what is going on and see if the employee objects are actually being created using the Object Factory (having the #XMLRegistry annotation), I changed the value of id and name in factory methods, however that had no effect in the output, which tells me JAXB is not actually using the ObjectFactory, why?
Am I going aboout this all wrong? Any help would be appreciated.

#XmlRegistry - how does it work?
#XmlRegistry is used to mark a class that has #XmlElementDecl annotations. To have your JAXB implementation process this class you need to ensure that it is included in the list of classes used to bootstrap the JAXBContext. It is not enough for it to be a static inner class of one of your domain model classes:
JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(Employee.class, Employee.XMLObjectFactory.class);
#XmlElementDecl - how does it work?
If the value of the field/property is going to be a JAXBElement then you need to leverage #XmlElementDecl. A JAXBElement captures information that is can be useful:
Element name, this is necessary if you are mapping to a choice structure where multiple elements are of the same type. If the element name does not correspond to a unique type then you would not be able to round-trip the document.
JAXBElement can be used to represent an element with xsi:nil="true".
XmlObjectFactory
#XmlElementDecl also allows you to specify a scope. I have modified the model from you post a bit. I have introduced an XmlObjectFactory class that has two #XmlElementDecl. Both specify a name of address. I have leveraged the scope property so that for properties within the Employee class the #XmlElementDecl corresponding to the Address class with be used.
package forum11078850;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElementDecl;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRegistry;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
#XmlRegistry
public class XmlObjectFactory {
#XmlElementDecl(scope = Employee.class, name = "address")
JAXBElement<Address> createAddress(Address value) {
return new JAXBElement<Address>(new QName("address"), Address.class, value);
}
#XmlElementDecl(name = "address")
JAXBElement<String> createStringAddress(String value) {
return new JAXBElement<String>(new QName("address"), String.class, value);
}
}
Employee
The #XmlElementRef annotation will cause the value of the property to be matched on its root element name. Possible matches will include classes mapped with #XmlRootElement or #XmlElementDecl.
package forum11078850;
import java.util.List;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
#XmlRootElement
#XmlType(propOrder = { "id", "name", "email", "addresses" })
public class Employee {
private int id;
private String name;
private String email;
private List<JAXBElement<Address>> addresses;
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getEmail() {
return email;
}
public void setEmail(String email) {
this.email = email;
}
#XmlElementWrapper
#XmlElementRef(name="address")
public List<JAXBElement<Address>> getAddresses() {
return addresses;
}
public void setAddresses(List<JAXBElement<Address>> addresses) {
this.addresses = addresses;
}
}
ObjectFactoryTest
package forum11078850;
import java.io.FileReader;
import javax.xml.bind.*;
public class ObjectFactoryTest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
FileReader reader = new FileReader("src/forum11078850/input.xml");
JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(Employee.class, XmlObjectFactory.class);
Unmarshaller unmarshaller = context.createUnmarshaller();
Object obj = unmarshaller.unmarshal(reader);
Marshaller marshaller = context.createMarshaller();
marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
marshaller.marshal(obj, System.out);
}
}
The Address class and input.xml from my original answer can be used to run this example.
ORIGINAL ANSWER
I'm not sure how you are attempting to use #XmlRegistry, so I will focus on the following part of your post:
When I unmarshal the employee xml using above code, the address list
does not get populated. The resulting employee object only has a blank
list of adresses. Is there anything wrong with my mappings?
Your list of Address objects is wrapped in a grouping element (addresses), so you need to use the #XmlElementWrapper annotation to map this use case. Below is a complete example:
Employee
package forum11078850;
import java.util.List;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
#XmlRootElement
#XmlType(propOrder = { "id", "name", "email", "addresses" })
public class Employee {
private int id;
private String name;
private String email;
private List<Address> addresses;
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getEmail() {
return email;
}
public void setEmail(String email) {
this.email = email;
}
#XmlElementWrapper
#XmlElement(name = "address")
public List<Address> getAddresses() {
return addresses;
}
public void setAddresses(List<Address> addresses) {
this.addresses = addresses;
}
}
Address
package forum11078850;
public class Address {
private String addressLine1;
private String addressLine2;
private String addressLine3;
public String getAddressLine1() {
return addressLine1;
}
public void setAddressLine1(String addressLine1) {
this.addressLine1 = addressLine1;
}
public String getAddressLine2() {
return addressLine2;
}
public void setAddressLine2(String addressLine2) {
this.addressLine2 = addressLine2;
}
public String getAddressLine3() {
return addressLine3;
}
public void setAddressLine3(String addressLine3) {
this.addressLine3 = addressLine3;
}
}
ObjectFactoryTest
package forum11078850;
import java.io.FileReader;
import javax.xml.bind.*;
public class ObjectFactoryTest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
FileReader reader = new FileReader("src/forum11078850/input.xml");
JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(Employee.class);
Unmarshaller unmarshaller = context.createUnmarshaller();
Object obj = unmarshaller.unmarshal(reader);
Marshaller marshaller = context.createMarshaller();
marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
marshaller.marshal(obj, System.out);
}
}
input.xml/Output
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<employee>
<id>1</id>
<name>Vaishali</name>
<email>Vaishali#example.com</email>
<addresses>
<address>
<addressLine1>300</addressLine1>
<addressLine2>Mumbai</addressLine2>
<addressLine3>India</addressLine3>
</address>
<address>
<addressLine1>301</addressLine1>
<addressLine2>Pune</addressLine2>
<addressLine3>India</addressLine3>
</address>
</addresses>
</employee>

You have to take a List object of Address. In that object, you will have to add the object which contains data like addressline1. addressline2 and so on.
i.e.
List addrObjList = new List();
addrObjList.add(object); // Bind an object containing data and add one by one