JAXB unmarshalling object in object - jaxb

Question

I cant unmarshall xml because don't understand how to annotate object class in the another object. Please help.
XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ODZ xmlns="http://www.company.com/1.0" >
<Data DataID="ZZZ">
<UserData UserKey="user_001">
<UserEvent>...</UserEvent>
</UserData>
</Data>
</ODZ>
Container classes:
I. First level with link to the second (ODZ -> Data).
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)
#XmlRootElement(name = "ODZ", namespace = "http://www.company.com/1.0")
public class ODZContainer {
private ImportContainer importContainer;
#XmlElement (name = "Data", type=ImportContainer.class)
public ImportContainer getImportContainer() {
return importContainer;
}
}
II. Second level with link to the third level(Data -> UserData).
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)
#XmlRootElement(name = "Data")
public class ImportContainer {
private String DataID;
private ArrayList<UserDataBean> userDataBean;
#XmlElement (name = "UserData", type=UserDataBean.class)
public ArrayList<UserDataBean> getUserDataBean() {
return userDataBean;
}
#XmlAttribute(name = "DataID")
public String getDataID() {
return DataID;
}
}
III. Third level with link to the fourth level(UserData-> UserEvent).
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)
#XmlRootElement(name = "UserData")
public class UserDataBean {
private ArrayList<UserEventBean> userEventData;
private String userEventID;
#XmlAttribute(name = "UserKey")
public String getUserEventID() {
return userEventID;
}
#XmlElement (name = "UserEvent", type=UserEventBean.class)
public ArrayList<UserEventBean> getUserEventBean() {
return userEventData;
}
}

Answer 1

The namespace qualification in your JAXB metadata does not match your XML. You can use the package level #XmlSchema annotation to specify the namespace qualification for your model.
#XmlSchema(
namespace = "http://www.company.com/1.0",
elementFormDefault = XmlNsForm.QUALIFIED)
package example;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlNsForm;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchema;
For More Information on JAXB and Namespaces
http://blog.bdoughan.com/2010/08/jaxb-namespaces.html
Notes About Your Metadata
Since the type of the ArrayList is already specified, you don't need to specify it via the #XmlElement annotation. It doesn't hurt, but its not necessary.
#XmlElement (name = "UserData", type=UserDataBean.class)
public ArrayList<UserDataBean> getUserDataBean() {
return userDataBean;
}
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE) means that nothing is mapped unless it is explicitly annotated. This may or not be what you want. You may find the following article useful:
http://blog.bdoughan.com/2011/06/using-jaxbs-xmlaccessortype-to.html