Jaxb and container elements

Question

Hi,
Consider this XML:
<container>
<items>
<item/>
<item/>
<item/>
<!-- ... -->
</items>
</container>
as of now, to get a list of items I need to make two calls: the first to get the object corresponding to the <items> element, and the second to get the actual items (e.g. container.getItems().getItems()).
Is it possible to create a complex type or a binding that would let me get item list in a single call (e.g. container.getItems())?

Answer 1

If test.xsd looks like this:
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xs:element name="container">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="items">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:element name="item"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:schema>
and you compile it like this:
xjc -p test test.xsd
this will create bindings that should let you unmarshal your instance into a Container class. That class will contain a getItem() method that returns a java.util.List of items.
-- Ed