Help with Jaxb - AnyType access to sub-elements?

Question

Hi All,
I am reading an XML file (defined with XML Schema) using Jaxb.
I need one particular element to hold an arbitrary, but well formed, XML document (with any tags).
As such I've defined this element to be of the type xs:anyType. (See payload)
The AnyType Jaxb class however only appears to be giving me access to the text node strings (not sub-elements). (Notice its don't see <b> needs help </b>)
I need the whole thing so I can pass it on to another parser.
Any ideas? Is this supported in jaxb? Is this supported by XML Schema? Am I doing something wrong?
See details below.
Thanks!
mike
THE SCHEMA:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema elementFormDefault="qualified"
           attributeFormDefault="unqualified"
           jaxb:version="1.0"
           xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
           xmlns:jaxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb">
        <xs:element name="message" type="message"/>
        <xs:complexType name="message">
                <xs:annotation>
                        <xs:appinfo>
                                <jaxb:class name="XmlMessage"/>
                        </xs:appinfo>
                </xs:annotation>
                <xs:sequence>
                        <xs:element name="from" type="xs:string"/>
                        <xs:element name="to" type="xs:string"/>
                        <xs:element name="send-date" type="xs:date"/>
                        <xs:element name="payload" type="xs:anyType"/>
                </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>
THE DOCUMENT:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<message xmlns:jaxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="message.xsd">
     <from>Mike</from>
     <to>Java Community</to>
     <send-date>2006-03-23</send-date>
     <payload>Mike<b> needs help </b>parsing the AnyType</payload>
</message>
THE CODE:
        // get the fields
        String from = xmlMessage.getFrom();
        String to = xmlMessage.getTo();
        Calendar date = xmlMessage.getSendDate();
        AnyType payload = xmlMessage.getPayload();
        // print out the values
        System.out.println("FROM: " + from);
        System.out.println("TO: " + to);
        System.out.println("DATE: " + date.getTime());
        System.out.println("PAYLOAD: " + payload);
        // print out details regarding the payload (The AnyType list)
        System.out.println("\tAnyType list length = "
                + payload.getContent().size());
        for (Iterator i = payload.getContent().iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
            Object o = i.next();
            System.out.println("\t" + o.getClass() + " : \"" + o + "\"");
        } THE OUTPUT:
FROM: Mike
TO: Java Community
DATE: Wed Mar 22 19:00:00 EST 2006
PAYLOAD: org.w3._2001.xmlschema.impl.AnyTypeImpl@1c99159
     AnyType list length = 2
     class java.lang.String : "Mike"
     class java.lang.String : "parsing the AnyType"

Answer 1

Ok.
source message:
root
- node0 (first instance)
--- node1
name="<b>key</b>"
value="<b>my_key_value_1</b>"
--- /node1
--- node1
name="attribute1"
value="attribute1_value"
--- /node1
--- /node0
- node0 (second instance)
--- node1
name="<b>key</b>"
value="<b>my_key_value_2</b>"
--- /node1
--- node1
name="attribute1"
value="attribute1_value"
--- /node1
- /node0
/root
Desired destination message:
root
- node0 (first instance)
- key_value=<b>my_key_value_1</b> <- does exist
--- node1
name="<b>key</b>"
value="<b>my_key_value_1</b>"
--- /node1
--- node1
name="attribute1"
value="attribute1_value"
--- /node1
- /node0
- node0 (second instance)
- key_value=<b>my_key_value_2</b>  < should exist but does <u>not</u> exist
--- node1
name="<b>key</b>"
value="<b>my_key_value_2</b>"
--- /node1
--- node1
name="attribute1"
value="attribute1_value"
--- /node1
- /node0
/root