Where is the "set" method for this ELEMENT?

Question

Hi
I'm trying to understand the relationship between the DTD and XJS, and the JAXB generated code.
Consider the example DTD, XJS, and generated source code (i.e., "value07.java") for ELEMENT value07, below ...
QUESTION#1: Why is there no "set" method generated for ELEMENT "value07a" within the generated value07.java ???
QUESTION#2: How to I code the DTD/XJS in order to force the generation of a "set" method in value07.java???.
-- I want to be able to set a new value for ELEMENT "value07a" in order to generate an XML document containing the new value!!
(NOTE: the reason that ELEMENT value07 (as well as other ELEMENTs) has only a single subelement, is in order to satisfy the XSLT definition in a preexisting application.)
* * * this is the DTD* * *
<!ELEMENT request                          (value01,value02,value03,value04,value05?,value06?,value07?,value08?,value09?,value10?,value11?,value12?,value13?,value14?,value15?,value16?,value17?,value18?)>
<!ELEMENT value01                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value02                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value03                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value04                          (value04a, value04b?)>
<!ELEMENT value04a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value04b                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value05                          (value05a, value05b?)>
<!ELEMENT value05a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value05b                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value06                          (value06a+)>
<!ELEMENT value06a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value07                          (value07a+)>
<!ELEMENT value07a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value08                          (value08a+)>
<!ELEMENT value08a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value09                          (value09a+)>
<!ELEMENT value09a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value10                          (value10a+)>
<!ELEMENT value10a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value11                          (value11a+)>
<!ELEMENT value11a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value12                          (value12a+)>
<!ELEMENT value12a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value13                          (value13a+)>
<!ELEMENT value13a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value14                          (value14a+)>
<!ELEMENT value14a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value15                          (value15a+)>
<!ELEMENT value15a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value16                          (value16a+)>
<!ELEMENT value16a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value17                          (value17a+)>
<!ELEMENT value17a                          (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT value18                          (value18a+)>
<!ELEMENT value18a                          (#PCDATA)>
* * * this is the XJS * * *
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE xml-java-binding-schema SYSTEM "http://java.sun.com/dtd/jaxb/1.0-ea/xjs.dtd">
<xml-java-binding-schema version="1.0-ea">
<options package="testSourceCode"/>
<element name="request" type="class" root="true"/>
     <element name="value01"                               type="value"/>
     <element name="value02"                               type="value"/>
     <element name="value03"                          type="value"/>
     <element name="value04" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value04a" />
               <element-ref name="value04b" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value05" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value05a" />
               <element-ref name="value05b" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value06" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value06a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value07" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value07a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value08" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value08a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value09" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value09a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value10" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value10a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value11" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value11a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value12" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value12a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value13" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value13a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value14" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value14a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value15" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value15a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value16" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value16a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value17" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value17a" />
          </content>
     </element>
     <element name="value18" type="class">
          <content>
               <element-ref name="value18a" />
          </content>
     </element>
</xml-java-binding-schema>
* * * generated sourcecode for ELEMENT "value07"...i.e., "value07.java" * * *
package testSourceCode;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import javax.xml.bind.ConversionException;
import javax.xml.bind.Dispatcher;
import javax.xml.bind.Element;
import javax.xml.bind.InvalidAttributeException;
import javax.xml.bind.InvalidContentObjectException;
import javax.xml.bind.LocalValidationException;
import javax.xml.bind.MarshallableObject;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
import javax.xml.bind.MissingContentException;
import javax.xml.bind.PredicatedLists;
import javax.xml.bind.PredicatedLists.Predicate;
import javax.xml.bind.StructureValidationException;
import javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
import javax.xml.bind.Validator;
import javax.xml.marshal.XMLScanner;
import javax.xml.marshal.XMLWriter;
public class Value07
extends MarshallableObject
implements Element
private List _Value07A = PredicatedLists.createInvalidating(this, new Value07APredicate(), new ArrayList());
private PredicatedLists.Predicate pred_Value07A = new Value07APredicate();
public List getValue07A() {
return _Value07A;
public void deleteValue07A() {
_Value07A = null;
invalidate();
public void emptyValue07A() {
Value07A = PredicatedLists.createInvalidating(this, predValue07A, new ArrayList());
public void validateThis()
throws LocalValidationException
if (_Value07A == null) {
throw new MissingContentException("value07a");
public void validate(Validator v)
throws StructureValidationException
public void marshal(Marshaller m)
throws IOException
XMLWriter w = m.writer();
w.start("value07");
for (Iterator i = _Value07A.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
w.leaf("value07a", ((String) i.next()).toString());
w.end("value07");
public void unmarshal(Unmarshaller u)
throws UnmarshalException
XMLScanner xs = u.scanner();
Validator v = u.validator();
xs.takeStart("value07");
while (xs.atAttribute()) {
String an = xs.takeAttributeName();
throw new InvalidAttributeException(an);
List l = new ArrayList();
while (xs.atStart()) {
if (xs.atStart("value07a")) {
xs.takeStart("value07a");
String s;
if (xs.atChars(XMLScanner.WS_COLLAPSE)) {
s = xs.takeChars(XMLScanner.WS_COLLAPSE);
} else {
s = "";
String uf;
try {
uf = String.valueOf(s);
} catch (Exception x) {
throw new ConversionException("value07a", x);
l.add(uf);
xs.takeEnd("value07a");
} else {
break;
Value07A = PredicatedLists.createInvalidating(this, predValue07A, l);
xs.takeEnd("value07");
public static Value07 unmarshal(InputStream in)
throws UnmarshalException
return unmarshal(XMLScanner.open(in));
public static Value07 unmarshal(XMLScanner xs)
throws UnmarshalException
return unmarshal(xs, newDispatcher());
public static Value07 unmarshal(XMLScanner xs, Dispatcher d)
throws UnmarshalException
return ((Value07) d.unmarshal(xs, (Value07 .class)));
public boolean equals(Object ob) {
if (this == ob) {
return true;
if (!(ob instanceof Value07)) {
return false;
Value07 tob = ((Value07) ob);
if (_Value07A!= null) {
if (tob._Value07A == null) {
return false;
if (!_Value07A.equals(tob._Value07A)) {
return false;
} else {
if (tob._Value07A!= null) {
return false;
return true;
public int hashCode() {
int h = 0;
h = ((127 *h)+((_Value07A!= null)?_Value07A.hashCode(): 0));
return h;
public String toString() {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("<<value07");
if (_Value07A!= null) {
sb.append(" value07a=");
sb.append(_Value07A.toString());
sb.append(">>");
return sb.toString();
public static Dispatcher newDispatcher() {
return Request.newDispatcher();
private static class Value07APredicate
implements PredicatedLists.Predicate
public void check(Object ob) {
if (!(ob instanceof String)) {
throw new InvalidContentObjectException(ob, (String.class));

Answer 1

I discovered something similar this morning...i.e., for
<element name="value07" type="class">
<content>
<element-ref name="value07a" />
</content>
</element>
-- I did something like this...
Value7 v7 = new Value7();
for (int i=0; i< Value7_input_array.length; i++)
((List)(v7.getValue07A())).add(Value7_input_array);
Thanks for responding, barry!