Here are some advantages that XMLBeans has
over JAXB 2.0:
- 100% XML Infoset preserving.
XMLBeans preserves all of the information in the XML Infoset. Not
only are comments, processing instructions, and whitespace preserved, but XML
data that is invalid or missing from the XMLSchema will be preserved as
well. For example, if a purchase order schema represents a part
number as an integer and the part number comes in as a string, the value will
be preserved.
- Native DOM representation.
XMLBeans is backed by a store that allows the XML to be viewed and/or
manipulated through either the standard DOM interfaces or through the generated
setter/getters. There’s no performance penalty for this
because there’s no copying/cloning necessary under-the-covers when using
these representations.
- XPath/XQuery support.
XMLBeans allows querying and navigating through the object hierarchy using
XPath and/or XQuery.
- Schema metadata access.
XMLBeans has an API that allows access to the underlying XMLSchema metadata
through a schema object model API.
- On-demand validation.
XMLBeans is able to perform validation against the XMLSchema at any time
as opposed to only at marshalling/unmarshalling time.
- Support for pre-1.5/5.0 JDKs.
As already mentioned, XMLBeans can be used with older versions of the JDK.
Cheers,
James
From: Christian
Blavier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006
6:44 AM
To: user@xmlbeans.apache.org
Subject: Regarding JAXB 2.0 ...
Hello,
A simple question : what could encourage me to use
xmlbeans rather than Jaxb2.0 ?
The initial motivation of xmlbeans is to have a full
coverage of XML schema ; so do JAXB 2.0.
I still see many people prefering xmlbeans to JAXB, and
I’m just wondering why :)
Thank you for your responses
Christian
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