How to represent XML inline tags in a Java class

Dear all,
I am currently dealing with the issue of how to transform an XML document into a Java representation. As far as the strucural elements are concerned, I'd represent them each one of them as a Java class. However, the XML structure also allows for inline tags, i.e. elements which specify formatting information for the text. I am looking for good ideas for how to best represent these in my Java class(es).
Let's use an example. Suppose I have something like this:
<root>
 <structure>A piece of text</structure>
 <moreStructure>A piece of bold text</moreStructure>
 <finalStructure>A piece of <inlineTag att="value"> more text!</inlineTag> </finalStructure>
</root>I this case I would build four classes for the strucural elements. But how do I represent and <inlineTag>? In my XML documents I have several such inline tags, each of which may also have a bunch of attributes. I am sure this has been solved cleverly before. Any help greatly appreciated.
Best regards,
N.

The XML term for "containing tags and text" is "mixed content". And XML designers generally don't care much for mixed content. You're finding out one of the reasons for that right now. They aren't elegant or clever, just inconvenient.
However sometimes you have to deal with ugly structures. This is one of them. I would represent mixed content as a list, just as you already thought of. The elements in this list would be either text or elements. So in this example:<moreStructure>A piece of bold text</moreStructure>you would have three entries:
1. Text "A piece of "
2. A element
3. Text " text"
And when retrieving from that list you would have to use "instanceof" to see if you had a String or an element of some kind.
And if "standalone tags" versus "paired tags" is a complication, then you're looking at it wrong. XML doesn't care much about tags. Tags only exist to delimit an element, and you should be looking at elements.
I'm guessing at your non-standard terminology here: a "standalone tag" is an empty element like
, right? And "paired tags" means a non-empty element like <this>that</this>? They're all elements. The first is a "br" element and the second is a "this" element.

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