Unable to position XML Attributes at proper location of my Java created XML Object

Question

This is the XML output I currently get:

<parameter>
  <dataIdentifier>123</dataIdentifier>
  <newValue encoding="base64">
     <value>NjUw</value>
  </newValue>
</parameter>

And this is the XML output I want to have:

<parameter>
  <dataIdentifier>123</dataIdentifier>
  <newValue encoding="base64">NjUw</newValue>
</parameter>

Here are my Java classes so far:

@XmlRootElement(name = "parameter")
public class Parameter {

    private Integer dataIdentifier;
    private ParameterValue newValue;
  ..
}

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class ParameterValue {

    @XmlAttribute(name="encoding") 
    private String encoding;
    private String value;
  ..
}

I am sure there is an easy solution for my problem. Unfortunately I do not have any idea about JAXB annotations. I already invested a few hours but I can't find a way to do it. Can someone please show me how to solve this?

Thanks

It doesn't look like the XML attribute (`encoding`) is the problem, but the `value` field... — Jon Skeet, Sep 13 '16 at 12:33

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '16 at 12:37

3

You must use following class

@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class ParameterValue {

    @XmlAttribute(name="encoding") private String encoding;
    @XmlValue private String value;
  ..
}

answered Sep 13 '16 at 12:37

Xstian

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Hi Xstian, many, many thanks! Life can be so easy sometimes. It works now! Will accept this as answer, when stackoverflow has unlocked the answer field – Zensursula Sep 13 '16 at 12:44

Unable to position XML Attributes at proper location of my Java created XML Object

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