StringAdapter.java Source code

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import java.io.StringReader;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlValue;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlJavaTypeAdapter;

class StringAdapter extends XmlAdapter<StringAdapter.AdaptedString, String> {

    @Override
    public String unmarshal(AdaptedString adaptedString) throws Exception {
        if (null == adaptedString) {
            return null;
        }
        String string = adaptedString.value;
        if ("".equals(string)) {
            return null;
        }
        return string;
    }

    @Override
    public AdaptedString marshal(String string) throws Exception {
        AdaptedString adaptedString = new AdaptedString();
        adaptedString.value = string;
        return adaptedString;
    }

    public static class AdaptedString {
        @XmlValue
        public String value;
    }

}

@XmlRootElement(name = "Root")
class Root {
    String item;

    @XmlElement(name = "Item", required = true, nillable = true)
    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(StringAdapter.class)
    public String getItem() {
        return item;
    }

    public void setItem(String item) {
        this.item = item;
    }
}

public class Main {
    JAXBContext jc;

    public Main() throws JAXBException {
        jc = JAXBContext.newInstance(Root.class);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Main demo = new Main();
        demo.demo("<Root><Item/></Root>");
        demo.demo("<Root><Item>Hello World</Item></Root>");
    }

    private void demo(String xml) throws JAXBException {
        StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(xml);
        Unmarshaller unmarshaller = jc.createUnmarshaller();
        Root root = (Root) unmarshaller.unmarshal(stringReader);

        System.out.println("ITEM:   " + root.getItem());

        System.out.print("OUTPUT: ");
        Marshaller marshaller = jc.createMarshaller();
        marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FRAGMENT, true);
        marshaller.marshal(root, System.out);
    }
}