[JAXB 2.x] Defining the XML Schema Type for XmlElementDecl

Question

How can an XML Schema Type (XmlSchemaType) be defined for an XmlElementDecl/Ref?
The classes are as follows:
    @XmlRegistry
    class ObjectFactory {
        // XmlSchemaType is desired, but cannot be used with XmlElementDecl/Ref: @XmlSchemaType(name = "unsignedShort")
        @XmlElementDecl(namespace = "urn:com:test:namespace", name = "char", scope = com.test.Arguments.class)
        @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(com.test.CharacterAdapter.class )
        public JAXBElement<Character> createArgumentsChar(Character value) {
            return new JAXBElement<Character>(_ArgumentsChar_QNAME, Character.class, com.test.Arguments.class, value);
    @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
    @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = { "arguments" })
    class Arguments {
        @XmlElementRefs( {
                @XmlElementRef(name = "char", namespace = "urn:com:test:namespace", type = JAXBElement.class),
        protected List<JAXBElement<?>> arguments;
    }The desired schema is as follows:
    <xs:element name="arguments" minOccurs="0">
        <xs:complexType>
            <xs:sequence>
                <xs:choice minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                    <xs:element name="char" type="xs:unsignedShort" />
                </xs:choice>
            </xs:sequence>
        </xs:complexType>
    </xs:element>However, when generating the schema from these classes (schemagen), the resulting "char" element type is "xs:string," not "xs:unsignedShort" as desired. What annotation can be used to indicate that the type should be xs:unsignedShort? If the addition of an annotation is not possible, are there any other ways to accomplish this?
Message was edited by: Shelley (Indicated "JAXB 2")

Answer 1

There are mappings between XSD type and Java type table on the Sun website.