WSDL2Java: missing complex element type generates java.lang.Object argument types - jaxb

Question

I am trying to import this WSDL: https://gateway.monster.com:8443/bgwBroker
Among others, it includes this XSD: http://schemas.monster.com/current/xsd/Query.xsd, which contains this snippet:
<xsd:element name="Query">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="Target" type="xsd:string"/>
<xsd:element name="SubTarget" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="ResumeRestriction" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="ReturnRestriction" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
...
</xsd:element>
<xsd:element name="SelectBy" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
...
</xsd:element>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
...
<xsd:element name="ResumeRestriction">
...
</xsd:element>
As you can see, complex type ResumeRestriction and its fields is defined at the bottom, but referenced inside Query. There is a reference missing here. ReturnRestriction and SelectBy are defined inline and are generated correctly.
Using WSDL2Java, this generates the following annotated classes:
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
#XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
"target",
"subTarget",
"resumeRestriction",
"returnRestriction",
"selectBy"
})
#XmlRootElement(name = "Query")
public class Query {
#XmlElement(name = "Target", required = true)
protected String target;
#XmlElement(name = "SubTarget")
protected String subTarget;
#XmlElement(name = "ResumeRestriction")
protected Object resumeRestriction;
...
public void setResumeRestriction(Object value) {
this.resumeRestriction = value;
}
}
Making resumeRestriction of type Object instead of the right type.
If do have a generated version of ResumeRestriction just fine. They are just not being tied together:
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
#XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {
"storeRenderedTextResume",
"doNotRenderSid",
"activeOnBoard"
})
#XmlRootElement(name = "ResumeRestriction")
public class ResumeRestriction {
...
}
If I now create a request using Spring Web Services, I cannot use the ResumeRestriction class, which I need in my request to set a specific flag.
ObjectFactory objectFactory = new ObjectFactory();
Query query = objectFactory.createQuery();
query.setTarget("JobSeekers");
ResumeRestriction resumeRestriction = objectFactory.createResumeRestriction();
resumeRestriction.setStoreRenderedTextResume(true);
query.setResumeRestriction(resumeRestriction);
getWebServiceTemplate().marshalSendAndReceive("https://gateway.monster.com:8443/bgwBroker", query);
This will throw the following error:
[com.sun.istack.SAXException2: Instance of "com.monster.schemas.monster.ResumeRestriction" is substituting "java.lang.Object", but "com.monster.schemas.monster.ResumeRestriction" is bound to an anonymous type.]
How can I solve this problem?
I obviously cannot change the WSDL or XSD, as I pull those in remotely. Is this is a bug on their side and if so, can I work around it?

Answer 1

You could specify the class reference in JAXB bindings file:
<jxb:bindings
xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:jxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
version="2.1"
xmlns:xjc="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/xjc"
jxb:extensionBindingPrefixes="xjc"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemalocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
>
<jxb:bindings >
<jxb:globalBindings typesafeEnumMaxMembers="3000"/>
</jxb:bindings>
<jxb:bindings schemaLocation="http://schemas.monster.com/current/xsd/Query.xsd">
<jxb:bindings node="//xs:element[#name='Query']//xs:element[#name='ResumeRestriction']">
<jxb:class ref="com.monster.schemas.monster.ResumeRestriction"/>
</jxb:bindings>
</jxb:bindings>
</jxb:bindings>