The latest version of the JAXB-RI is free for commercial use, and is about to become open source. It was only the beta that wasn't licensed for commercial use. Also, you don't need to modify your XSD at all, you can use an external binding schema.
My limited of JAXB has been that it's pretty solid--I would love to see JAXB support in Axis. - Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 8:45 PM Subject: Re: WSDL2Java with JAXB ?? > Yes, you could write a JAXBSerializer, JAXBDeserializer, > JAXBSerializerFactory, and JAXBDeserializerFactory. Then, map your QNAME > to your Java class, specifying these factories, in the typemapping section > of your WSDD. > > However, you might want to consider using Castor or JiBX instead, and write > serializers for those. I don't believe the JAXB-RI is licensed for > commercial use, and to my knowledge (I could be wrong, and usually am), > there are no implementations of the latest spec besides the RI. Also, you > will have to muddy up your XSD to get your classes to implement > serializable, and anything that uses thoses classes will have to have all > of the JAXB and JAXB related jars in it's classpath, regardless of whether > or not it intends to do (un)marshalling. Also, the abstraction of the > generated classes in JAXB is a bit annoying. I just want stupid data types > with direct instantiation that are not coupled with the binding framework. > Castor and JiBX will let you map any standard XML Schema (i.e. no other > namespaces) to plain-old JavaBeans. JiBX performance rocks, but many more > developers are familiar with Castor. > > The current Castor serializer in the Axis code assumes a default mapping. > I've seldom gotten away with not having to write a mapping file with Castor > so you may have to write your own serializer. I'm writing one right now > that just looks for a file named "mapping.xml" in the classpath. > > Cheers > Steve Maring > > > > > > "Mark D. Hansen" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "AXIS Users (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > m> cc: > 07/23/2003 05:53 Subject: WSDL2Java with JAXB ?? > PM > > Please respond to > axis-user > > > > > > > Is is possible to replace the XML Schema --> Java mapping mechanism in > WSDL2Java with JAXB? Alternatively, is there another way to use JAXB as > the binding mechanism within the Axis framework? > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or > entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential > and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance > upon, this information by persons or entities other than the > intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, > please contact the sender and delete the material from any > computer. >
