Ignore xml element while marshalling and include xml element while unmarsalling by using XmlTransient annotation - jaxb

Question

I am trying to unmarshal an XML into an object that I expect should have a certain field. However, I do not want to marshal that object into an XML that contains it. What I like would be similar to this:
#XmlRootElement(name = "User")
public class User {
#XmlElement(namespace = "http://www.........", required = false)
private String name;
}
While marshalling , am getting below xml,
Current xml output file looks like:
<User xmlns:ns5="http://www......." />
But I don't want this namespace in output file,
Expected looks like below xml output file,
<User />
I tried to use #XmlTransient annotation,
#XmlRootElement(name = "User")
public class User {
#XmlTransient
private String name;
}
Worked successfully while marshalling and got exception while unmarshalling
org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.XMLMarshalException
Exception Description: No descriptor found while unmarshalling element mapped to user name
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

As per my understanding, you would not want to get the namespaces in your XML. Based on my understanding providing the answer here. Hope it helps or at least guides you in the right direction.
I have done something like this:
import jakarta.xml.bind.Marshaller;
import jakarta.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlTransient;
import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Data;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
#Data
#NoArgsConstructor
#AllArgsConstructor
#XmlRootElement(name = "User")
public class User {
#XmlTransient
#XmlElement(namespace = "http://www.google/test.com", required = false)
private String name;
private String name1;
public void beforeMarshal(Marshaller m) {
//Executed after reading the data but before marshalling to XML. Here you can perform whatever you would like.
name1 = name;
name = null;
}
public void afterUnmarshal(Unmarshaller m, Object parent) {
//Executed after Unmarshalling the data. Here you can perform whatever you would like.
}
}
import jakarta.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import jakarta.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import jakarta.xml.bind.Marshaller;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws JAXBException, XMLStreamException {
User user = new User();
user.setName("Batman");
final JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(User.class);
final Marshaller marshaller = jaxbContext.createMarshaller();
marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, Boolean.TRUE);
marshaller.marshal(user, System.out);
}
}
This would result in following XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<User>
<name1>Batman</name1>
</User>
You can perform accordingly whatever you need within the beforeMarshal and afterMarshal if required.