Getting null value while unmarshalling an XML - jaxb

Question

Can anyone please help me with this JAXB unmarshal issue?
So, this is the file employee.xml I am using:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<parent>
<anotherchild1>Another</anotherchild1>
</parent>
and this is the Parent.java class which has JAXB annotation:
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package XMLToObject;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
/**
*
* #author Gauravb
*/
#XmlRootElement
public class Parent {
private String child;
private String anotherchild1;
public String getAnotherChild1() {
return anotherchild1;
}
public void setAnotherChild1(String child) {
this.anotherchild1 = anotherchild1;
}
}
And this is XMLToObject.java file which I am using:
package XMLToObject;
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/**
*
* #author Gauravb
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import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
public class XMLToObject {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
File file = new File("employee.xml");
JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(Parent.class);
System.out.println("Reading....."+file.getAbsolutePath());
Unmarshaller jaxbUnmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
Parent p = (Parent) jaxbUnmarshaller.unmarshal(file);
//System.out.println("Child:"+p.getChild());
System.out.println("Another Child:"+p.getAnotherChild1());
} catch (JAXBException e) {e.printStackTrace(); }
}
}
Now, my issue is when I run XMLToObject.java file, then I see following:
Reading.....C:\xxxxxx\employee.xml
Another Child:null
So, can anyone please let me know what can be the reason behind the value as null?
Please note:
1. I am a newbie in JAXB
2. I am using Netbeans editor while running the code
3. I do NOT have XSD for the XML and dont want to use any for my learning
4. I do NOT want to use MOXy for now, this is something I will learn next

Answer 1

You have forgot to add #XmlElement annotation in the binding class Parent.java as below
#XmlElement
private String anotherchild1;