Hi,

suppose I have this class:

public class A {

    private HashMap<String, B> map;

    @XmlElement
    private void setB(ArrayList<B> col) {
        ...
    }

    private ArrayList<B> getB() {
        ...
    }

}

When trying to unmarshall an xml document to this class using JaxB I notice that instead of calling the setB() method and sending me the list of B instances JaxB actually calls the getB() and adds the B instances to the returned list. Why?

The reason I want the setter to be called is that the list is actually just a temporary storage from which I want to build the map field, so I thought to do it in the setter.

Thanks.