Convert XML to Object with JAXB when node contains value

0
votes

I have worked previously with JAXB but I never faced an XML where nodes contained values. Like this one:

<node1>
  <node2 id="abc"/>
</node1>

I did treat node1 as @XmlRootElement and then I used a list of Node2 objects annotated with @XmlElement. In Node2 object I have created a String variable 'id' as below

@XmlRootElement(name = "node1")
public class Node1{

  @XmlElement(name="node2")
  private List<Node2> node2list;

  //get-set
}

public class Node2{

  private String id;

  //get-set
}

The problem is that I am not able to get the value of node2. It always gives null.

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javaxmljaxb

1 Answers

2
votes

There is no value inside the node2 element, that's why you're getting null, id is attribute in node2 and you have to use @XmlAttribute to get the value of id.