XmlMixed

Annotate a JavaBean multi-valued property to support mixed content.

The usage is subject to the following constraints:

• can be used with @XmlElementRef, @XmlElementRefs or @XmlAnyElement

The following can be inserted into @XmlMixed annotated multi-valued property

• XML text information items are added as values of java.lang.String.
• Children element information items are added as instances of {@link JAXBElement} or instances with a class that is annotated with @XmlRootElement.
• Unknown content that is not be bound to a JAXB mapped class is inserted as {@link Element}. (Assumes property annotated with @XmlAnyElement)

<!-- schema fragment having mixed content -->
<xs:complexType name="letterBody" mixed="true">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="name" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:element name="quantity" type="xs:positiveInteger"/>
<xs:element name="productName" type="xs:string"/>
<!-- etc. -->
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
<xs:element name="letterBody" type="letterBody"/>

// Schema-derived Java code:
// (Only annotations relevant to mixed content are shown below,
// others are ommitted.)
import java.math.BigInteger;
public class ObjectFactory {
// element instance factories
JAXBElement<LetterBody> createLetterBody(LetterBody value);
JAXBElement<String> createLetterBodyName(String value);
JAXBElement<BigInteger> createLetterBodyQuantity(BigInteger value);
JAXBElement<String> createLetterBodyProductName(String value);
// type instance factory
LetterBody> createLetterBody();
}

public class LetterBody {
// Mixed content can contain instances of Element classes
// Name, Quantity and ProductName. Text data is represented as
// java.util.String for text.
@XmlMixed
@XmlElementRefs({
@XmlElementRef(name="productName", type=JAXBElement.class),
@XmlElementRef(name="quantity", type=JAXBElement.class),
@XmlElementRef(name="name", type=JAXBElement.class)})
List getContent(){...}
}

<letterBody>
Dear Mr.<name>Robert Smith</name>
Your order of <quantity>1</quantity> <productName>Baby
Monitor</productName> shipped from our warehouse. ....
</letterBody>

LetterBody lb = ObjectFactory.createLetterBody();
JAXBElement<LetterBody> lbe = ObjectFactory.createLetterBody(lb);
List gcl = lb.getContent(); //add mixed content to general content property.
gcl.add("Dear Mr."); // add text information item as a String.

// add child element information item
gcl.add(ObjectFactory.createLetterBodyName("Robert Smith"));
gcl.add("Your order of "); // add text information item as a String

// add children element information items
gcl.add(ObjectFactory.
createLetterBodyQuantity(new BigInteger("1")));
gcl.add(ObjectFactory.createLetterBodyProductName("Baby Monitor"));
gcl.add("shipped from our warehouse"); // add text information item

See "Package Specification" in javax.xml.bind.package javadoc for additional common information.