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cheers, Sergey


KARR, DAVID (ATTCINW) wrote:
> 
> I have a relatively simple prototype using the REST features of CXF, and
> using JAXB out of the box to marshal a response to XML and JSON.  This
> is working fine.
> 
> I'm now trying to experiment with simple changes to the structure of the
> marshaled XML, using "@Xml..." annotations.  I assume that's what those
> are for.  I tried asking about this on the Metro JAXB web forum, but I
> got no response.  Is there another good forum for asking questions about
> this?
> 
> Initially, my code looks like this:
> 
> @XmlRootElement(name = "Item")
> public class Item {
>   private String  id;
>   private String  title;
>   private String  description;
>   private List<String>  features  = new ArrayList<String>();
> 
>   // ... getters/setters
>       
>   public void addFeature(String feature) { getFeatures().add(feature); }
> }
> 
> Another class:
> 
> @GET
> @Path("/item/{id}")
> @Produces({"application/xml", "application/json"})
> public Item getItem(@PathParam("id") String id) {
>   Item item   = new Item();
>   item.setId(id);
>   item.setTitle("abc");
>   item.setDescription("def");
>   item.addFeature("123");
>   item.addFeature("456");
>   return item;
> }
> 
> When I send a request to ".../item/1", I get back:
> 
> <Item>
>  <description>def</description>
>  <features>123</features>
>  <features>456</features>
>  <id>1</id>
>  <title>abc</title>
> </Item>
> 
> I'd really prefer to get:
> 
> <Item>
>  <description>def</description>
>  <features>
>   <feature>123</feature>
>   <feature>456</feature>
>  </features>
>  <id>1</id>
>  <title>abc</title>
> </Item>
> 
> I've played around with several of the "@Xml" annotations on the
> "features" field, but they just give me exceptions.  For instance, I
> just tried a simple case of adding '@XMLElement("feature")' just before
> that field, and it gave me this exception:
> 
> WARNING: com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.IllegalAnnotationsException: 1
> counts of IllegalAnnotationExceptions
> Class has two properties of the same name "features"
>         this problem is related to the following location:
>                 at public java.util.List
> com.att.ecom.catalog.Item.getFeatures()
>                 at com.att.ecom.catalog.Item
>         this problem is related to the following location:
>                 at private java.util.List
> com.att.ecom.catalog.Item.features
>                 at com.att.ecom.catalog.Item
> 
> 

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