JAXB can support this case using an XML Adapter. Consider you have the following object with no zero-arg constructor:
package blog.immutable;
public class Customer {
private final String name;
private final Address address;
public Customer(String name, Address address) {
this.name = name;
this.address = address;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public Address getAddress() {
return address;
}
}
You simply need to create a mappable version of this class:
package blog.immutable.adpater;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute;
import blog.immutable.Address;
public class AdaptedCustomer {
private String name;
private Address address;
@XmlAttribute
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public Address getAddress() {
return address;
}
public void setAddress(Address address) {
this.address = address;
}
}
And an XML Adapter to convert between them:
package blog.immutable.adpater;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;
import blog.immutable.Customer;
public class CustomerAdapter extends XmlAdapter<AdaptedCustomer, Customer> {
@Override
public Customer unmarshal(AdaptedCustomer adaptedCustomer) throws Exception {
return new Customer(adaptedCustomer.getName(), adaptedCustomer.getAddress());
}
@Override
public AdaptedCustomer marshal(Customer customer) throws Exception {
AdaptedCustomer adaptedCustomer = new AdaptedCustomer();
adaptedCustomer.setName(customer.getName());
adaptedCustomer.setAddress(customer.getAddress());
return adaptedCustomer;
}
}
Then for properties that refer to the Customer class, simply use the @XmlJavaTypeAdapter annotation:
package blog.immutable;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlJavaTypeAdapter;
import blog.immutable.adpater.CustomerAdapter;
@XmlRootElement(name="purchase-order")
public class PurchaseOrder {
private Customer customer;
@XmlJavaTypeAdapter(CustomerAdapter.class)
public Customer getCustomer() {
return customer;
}
public void setCustomer(Customer customer) {
this.customer = customer;
}
}
For a more detailed example see:
- http://bdoughan.blogspot.com/2010/12/jaxb-and-immutable-objects.html