MOXy @XmlPath ignored

Question

I have a very simple class with two fields, String sourceAddress and int port.
I want them to be mapped on the source/address and source/port nodes instead of the jaxb default sourceAddress and sourcePort.
So i use MOXy @XmlPath annotation.
The problem is that the annotation is just ignored and i get the "jaxb default" xml file:

<szk>
    <sourceAddress>test</sourceAddress>
    <sourcePort>10000</sourcePort>
</sz>

thanks in advance for any help Agostino

import javax.xml.bind.*;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContext;
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.XmlPath;

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class SZK {

    @XmlPath("source/address")
    private String sourceAddress;
    @XmlPath("source/port")
    private int sourcePort;

    public static void main (String [] args) throws JAXBException{

        SZK k = new SZK();
        k.sourceAddress = "test";
        k.sourcePort = 10000;

        javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance(SZK.class);
        Marshaller m = jc.createMarshaller();
        m.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
        m.marshal(k, System.out);

    }

}

Hi, Thanks for this question. actually, I am also trying to do something similar but for some reason, it's not working as expected. I tried the things mentioned in this answer as well. I tried this approach and the example from the authors blog but still the JAXB Marshalling does not work as expected with @XmlPath. Seems like the XML produced with and without @XmlPath are the same. Can you please once look into this example and provide your answer: stackoverflow.com/questions/67500565/… — BATMAN_2008

bdoughan bdoughan · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-10T12:56:18

The most likely cause of this issue is that you are missing the jaxb.properties file to specify that EclipseLink MOXy should be used as the JAXB provider. The jaxb.properties file must be placed in the same package as your domain model and contain the following entry:

javax.xml.bind.context.factory=org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextFactory

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