Sending Custom Java Objects over XML!!

Hello all !
Can anybody please tell me how can I send custom Java Objects through XML? For example we can set attributes for a node using the setAttribute method, it accepts only strings, also the setTextContent method requires text and sets the node's value.Can I some way set my own Java object as the value of a particular node or attach it to the node?
Thanks in advance.

Kami_Pakistan wrote:
So I should rather go for Marshalling or Serialization or is there any other work-around possible?I don't know. You didn't say what you had against text formats. Since all Java objects are composed of primitives when you get right down to the bottom, everything in Java can be serialized as text versions of those primitives. So you're going to have to explain why you think a work-around is necessary at all.

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