Could JAXB (1.2.x) not handle simple extensions

Question

I've implemented a simple JAXB (1.2) unmarshaller for our xml files,
which are using simple extensions like this:
<xsd:complexType name="Format" abstract="true"/>
<xsd:complexType name="FormatNumber">
      <xsd:complexContent>
         <xsd:extension base="br:Format">
             <xsd:attribute name="decimalplace" type="br:Decimalplace" use="required"/>
         </xsd:extension>
      </xsd:complexContent>
</xsd:complexType>  If i unmarshall the follwing xml file, an exception is thrown on validation of the format tag.
<data>
    <column>
        <format xsi:type="br:FormatNumber" decimalplace="0"/>
    </column>
</data>
[...]JAXB reports that the decimal attribute definition is unknown for the format tag. This
is correct, but JAXB should recognize that this is an extension of the FormatNumber
complex type. Could JAXB not handle simple Extensions like this one?
Knows anyone a solution, how i could solve this problem?
Thanks for any hint.
Best regards,
Christian

Answer 1

well, you could always go to a blank sheet, set your options to navigate without data, zoom in to all levels of the dimension you want to get the full list of members then search on that using the excel search function