need an empty XML while unmarshalling a JAXB annotated class
- by sswdeveloper
I have a JAXB annotated class Customer as follows
@XmlRootElement(namespace = "http://www.abc.com/customer")
public class Customer{
private String name;
private Address address;
@XmlTransient
private HashSet set = new HashSet<String>();
public String getName(){
return name;
}
@XmlElement(name = "Name", namespace = "http://www.abc.com/customer" )
public void setName(String name){
this.name = name;
set.add("name");
}
public String getAddress(){
return address;
}
@XmlElement(name = "Address", namespace = "http://www.abc.com/customer")
public void setAddress(Address address){
this.address = address;
set.add("address");
}
public HashSet getSet(){
return set;
}
}
I need to return an empty XML representing this to the user, so that he may fill the necesary values in the XML and send a request
So what I require is :
<Customer>
<Name></Name>
<Address></Address>
</Customer>
If i simply create an empty object
Customer cust = new Customer() ;
marshaller.marshall(cust,sw);
all I get is the toplevel element since the other fields of the class are unset.
What can I do to get such an empty XML? I tried adding the nillable=true annotation to the elements however, this returns me an XML with the xsi:nil="true" which then causes
my unmarshaller to ignore this.
How do I achieve this?
