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@Retention(RUNTIME) @Target({FIELD,METHOD}) public @interface XmlElementWrapper
Generates a wrapper element around XML representation. This is primarily intended to be used to produce a wrapper XML element around collections. The annotation therefore supports two forms of serialization shown below.//Example: code fragment int[] names; // XML Serialization Form 1 (Unwrapped collection) <names> ... </names> <names> ... </names> // XML Serialization Form 2 ( Wrapped collection ) <wrapperElement> <names> value-of-item </names> <names> value-of-item </names> .... </wrapperElement>
The two serialized XML forms allow a null collection to be represented either by absence or presence of an element with a nillable attribute.
Usage
The
@XmlElementWrapper
annotation can be used with the following program elements:- JavaBean property
- non static, non transient field
The usage is subject to the following constraints:
- The property must be a collection property
- This annotation can be used with the following annotations:
XmlElement
,XmlElements
,XmlElementRef
,XmlElementRefs
,XmlJavaTypeAdapter
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See "Package Specification" in jakarta.xml.bind.package javadoc for additional common information.
- Author:
- Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Sekhar Vajjhala, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- See Also:
XmlElement
,XmlElements
,XmlElementRef
,XmlElementRefs
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Optional Element Summary
Optional Elements Modifier and Type Optional Element Description java.lang.String
name
Name of the XML wrapper element.java.lang.String
namespace
XML target namespace of the XML wrapper element.boolean
nillable
If true, the absence of the collection is represented by usingxsi:nil='true'
.boolean
required
Customize the wrapper element declaration to be required.
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namespace
java.lang.String namespace
XML target namespace of the XML wrapper element.If the value is "##default", then the namespace is determined as follows:
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If the enclosing package has
XmlSchema
annotation, and itselementFormDefault
isQUALIFIED
, then the namespace of the enclosing class. - Otherwise "" (which produces unqualified element in the default namespace.
- Default:
- "##default"
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If the enclosing package has
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required
boolean required
Customize the wrapper element declaration to be required.If required() is true, then the corresponding generated XML schema element declaration will have
minOccurs="1"
, to indicate that the wrapper element is always expected.Note that this only affects the schema generation, and not the unmarshalling or marshalling capability. This is simply a mechanism to let users express their application constraints better.
- Default:
- false
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