I've a service that returns this XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
<status>success</status>
<result>
<project>
<id>id1</id>
<owner>owner1</owner>
</project>
<project>
<id>id2</id>
<owner>owner2</owner>
</project>
</result>
or
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
<status>success</status>
<result>
<user>
<id>id1</id>
<name>name1</name>
</user>
<user>
<id>id2</id>
<name>name2</name>
</user>
</result>
I want to unmarshall the retrieved XML using these classes:
Result:
@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Response<T> {
@XmlElement
protected String status;
@XmlElementWrapper(name = "result")
@XmlElement
protected List<T> result;
}
Project:
@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Project {
@XmlElement
public String id;
@XmlElement
public String owner;
}
User:
@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class User {
@XmlElement
public String id;
@XmlElement
public String name;
}
First not working solution
JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(Response.class, Project.class, User.class);
Unmarshaller unmarshaller = context.createUnmarshaller();
StreamSource source = new StreamSource(new File("responseProject.xml"));
Response<Project> responseProject = (Response<Project>)unmarshaller.unmarshal(source);
System.out.println(responseProject.getStatus());
for (Project project:responseProject.getResult()) System.out.println(project);
source = new StreamSource(new File("responseUser.xml"));
Response<User> responseUser = (Response<User>)unmarshaller.unmarshal(source);
System.out.println(responseUser.getStatus());
for (User user:responseUser.getResult()) System.out.println(user);
I get an empty list.
Second not working solution
Inspired by this article http://blog.bdoughan.com/2012/11/creating-generic-list-wrapper-in-jaxb.html I've modified the Response class:
@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Response<T> {
@XmlElement
protected String status;
@XmlAnyElement(lax=true)
protected List<T> result;
}
And then tested it with this code:
Response<Project> responseProject = unmarshal(unmarshaller, Project.class, "responseProject.xml");
System.out.println(responseProject.getStatus());
for (Project project:responseProject.getResult()) System.out.println(project);
private static <T> Response<T> unmarshal(Unmarshaller unmarshaller, Class<T> clazz, String xmlLocation) throws JAXBException {
StreamSource xml = new StreamSource(xmlLocation);
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
Response<T> wrapper = (Response<T>) unmarshaller.unmarshal(xml, Response.class).getValue();
return wrapper;
}
And I get this exception reading the response list:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.dom.ElementNSImpl cannot be cast to org.test.Project
Note: I can't modify the original XML. There are more types other than Project and User.