JAXB-2 Maven Plugin

1. Introduction.

    This plugin uses JAXB2 to generate Java classes from XML Schemas (and binding files) and to create XML Schemas for existing Java classes.

     General Information about the plugin goals:

• jaxb2:schemagen Creates XML Schema Definition (XSD) file(s) from annotated Java sources.
• jaxb2:testSchemagen Creates XML Schema Definition (XSD) file(s) from annotated Java test sources.
• jaxb2:xjc Generates Java sources from XML Schema(s).
• jaxb2:testXjc Generates Java test sources from XML Schema(s).

2. How to config it in pom.xml

    The following example demonstrates a basic plugin configuration for generating Java sources from XML schemas:

<project>
    ...
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
            <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.1</version>
        </dependency>
        ...
    </dependencies>
    ...
    <build>
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <!-- Need Java 5, which is the default since v2.3 of the maven-compiler-plugin. -->
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.5.1</version>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>jaxb2-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>1.5</version>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <id>xjc</id>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>xjc</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
                <configuration>
                    <packageName>com.example.myschema</packageName> <!-- The name of your generated source package -->
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            ...
        </plugins>
    <build>
    ...
</project>

    In this example, the plugin will generate Java sources from all XML schema files in the default schema directory ( ${project.basedir}/src/main/xsd). The package of the generated sources will be 'com.example.myschema' as defined by the packageName configuration element.

    Attention: the plugin requires at least the Java 5.0 compiler.

4. How to use the plugin in your project.

    See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/xml/bind/JAXBContext.html

Other references:

    http://mojo.codehaus.org/jaxb2-maven-plugin/index.html
     http://blog.csdn.net/xjtuse_mal/article/details/6930538