Text nodes are not unmarshalled for combination #XmlMixed + #XmlElementRefs + #XmlElementWrapper - jaxb

Question

I have the following class:
#XmlRootElement(name = "any-text")
public class AnyText {
#XmlElementWrapper(name = "fixed-text", required = true)
#XmlElementRefs({
#XmlElementRef(name = "year", namespace = "http://foo.org/", type = JAXBElement.class, required = false),
#XmlElementRef(name = "title", namespace = "http://foo.org/", type = JAXBElement.class, required = false)
})
#XmlMixed
protected List<Serializable> fixedText = new ArrayList<Serializable>();
...
which is supposed to represent the following XML:
<any-text xmlns="http://foo.org/">
<fixed-text>The story <title>Alice in Wonderland</title> was printed in <year>1865</year>.</fixed-text>
</any-text>
However when I unmarshall and marshall this XML, I get this:
<any-text xmlns="http://foo.org/">
<fixed-text>
<title>Alice in Wonderland</title>
<year>1865</year>
</fixed-text>
</any-text>
basically all text nodes are gone. I checked the memory model and found out that they are not unmarshalled. When I try to add text nodes programatically and marshall the model, text nodes still do not appear. Any workaround is appreciated.
I am using JAXB v2.2.4, but I tested also v2.2.8 with no success.
This issue is very similar (perhaps identical) to one described here and I have also reported it as JAXB-1107.

Answer 1

This appears to be a bug in the JAXB implementation.
The work around is to split your JAXB entity class into two.
#XmlRootElement(name = "any-text")
public class AnyText {
#XmlElement(name = "fixed-text", required = true)
protected FixedText fixedText;
...
}
public class FixedText {
#XmlElementRefs({
#XmlElementRef(
name = "year",
namespace = "http://foo.org/",
type = JAXBElement.class,
required = false),
#XmlElementRef(
name = "title",
namespace = "http://foo.org/",
type = JAXBElement.class,
required = false)
})
#XmlMixed
protected List<Serializable> fixedText = new ArrayList<Serializable>();
}