Generate XSD schemas from an existing database or JPA entities

Question

I have been using hyperjaxb tool to generate JPA entities and database scripts from XSD schemas. Now I want basically the inverse operation. How can I generate XSD schemas based on JPA anotated entities or database? I am using Maven, so any maven solution would be preferable.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '15 at 17:55

1

If you're using IntelliJ IDEA, see the following link:

https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/help/generate-xml-schema-from-java-using-jaxb-dialog.html

answered Oct 07 '15 at 17:55

hermitmaster

155
1
10

I am using IntelliJ IDEA, so this option worked for me. Thanks. – Alfredo A. Oct 08 '15 at 19:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '15 at 15:17

0

This maven plugin ( jaxb2-maven-plugin ) might be useful for you. This post has more information about its usage and the given example uses POJO's to do the transformation

Generate XSD from Java class

answered Oct 08 '15 at 15:17

ajup

330
2
12

According to that, I have to annotate my Java classes with JAXB annotations. Is there a way to not to be forced to do that? – Alfredo A. Oct 08 '15 at 15:51
I believe that you need the JAXB annotations. Another option is to use schemagen.exe on the command line ( found within the Java JDK\bin directory) to create the XSD files – ajup Oct 08 '15 at 18:15
1

[Link to the Oracle document ] https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/unix/schemagen.html – ajup Oct 08 '15 at 18:17

Generate XSD schemas from an existing database or JPA entities

2 Answers2