Class JAXBIntrospector
- java.lang.Object
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- javax.xml.bind.JAXBIntrospector
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public abstract class JAXBIntrospector extends Object
Provide access to JAXB xml binding data for a JAXB object.Intially, the intent of this class is to just conceptualize how a JAXB application developer can access xml binding information, independent if binding model is java to schema or schema to java. Since accessing the XML element name related to a JAXB element is a highly requested feature, demonstrate access to this binding information. The factory method to get a
JAXBIntrospector
instance isJAXBContext.createJAXBIntrospector()
.- Since:
- JAXB2.0
- See Also:
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JAXBContext.createJAXBIntrospector()
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Constructor and Description JAXBIntrospector()
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Method Summary
All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method and Description abstract QName
getElementName(Object jaxbElement)
Get xml element qname forjaxbElement
.static Object
getValue(Object jaxbElement)
Get the element value of a JAXB element.abstract boolean
isElement(Object object)
Return true ifobject
represents a JAXB element.
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Method Detail
isElement
public abstract boolean isElement(Object object)
Return true if
object
represents a JAXB element.Parameter
object
is a JAXB element for following cases:- It is an instance of
javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement
. - The class of
object
is annotated with@XmlRootElement
.
- See Also:
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getElementName(Object)
- It is an instance of
getElementName
public abstract QName getElementName(Object jaxbElement)
Get xml element qname for
jaxbElement
.- Parameters:
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jaxbElement
- is an object thatisElement(Object)
returned true. - Returns:
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xml element qname associated with jaxbElement; null if
jaxbElement
is not a JAXB Element.
getValue
public static Object getValue(Object jaxbElement)
Get the element value of a JAXB element.
Convenience method to abstract whether working with either a javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement instance or an instance of @XmlRootElement annotated Java class.
- Parameters:
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jaxbElement
- object that #isElement(Object) returns true. - Returns:
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The element value of the
jaxbElement
.
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