I have the following XML, no XSD or schema with it that I want to parse to java object(s) using JAXB as I heard its better than SAX. Is there a way to accomplish this with annotations or a better way to do this? Does it make it so that i just need a single FosterHome class? I am having trouble finding how to do this any help is grateful.
I was originally thinking of having a FosterHome, Family, and Child class. Using JAXB, is having 3 classes no longer necessary? Im not sure how to deal with this as ChildID shows up in two different areas.
Happy Days Daycare
Apple Street
Adams
Child1
Child2
Adams
Child3
Child4
Child5
Child6
解决方案
You could do the following. By leveraging @XmlElementWrapper you can reduce the amount of classes that you require:
FosterHome
package nov18;
import java.util.List;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
@XmlRootElement(name="FosterHome")
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class FosterHome {
@XmlElement(name="Orphanage")
private String orphanage;
@XmlElement(name="Location")
private String location;
@XmlElementWrapper(name="Families")
@XmlElement(name="Family")
private List families;
@XmlElementWrapper(name="RemainingChildList")
@XmlElement(name="ChildID")
private List remainingChildren;
}
Family
package nov18;
import java.util.List;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Family {
@XmlElement(name="ParentID")
private String parentID;
@XmlElementWrapper(name="ChildList")
@XmlElement(name="ChildID")
private List childList;
}
Demo
package nov18;
import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.bind.*;
public class Demo {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance(FosterHome.class);
Unmarshaller unmarshaller = jc.createUnmarshaller();
FosterHome fosterHome = (FosterHome) unmarshaller.unmarshal(new File("src/nov18/input.xml"));
Marshaller marshaller = jc.createMarshaller();
marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
marshaller.marshal(fosterHome, System.out);
}
}
Input/Output
Happy Days Daycare
Apple Street
Adams
Child1
Child2
Adams
Child3
Child4
Child5
Child6
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UPDATE
Is there I easy way I can iterate/print out all the ChildID in the
Family class?
You could do the following:
for(Family family : fosterHome.getFamilies()) {
System.out.println(family.getParentID());
for(String childID : family.getChildList()) {
System.out.println(" " + childID);
}
}