JAXB MOXy Binder issue when using #XmlAnyElement annotation - jaxb

Question

I have an issue when using the Binder implementation in MOXy.
Here is the input XML document (input.xml)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root>
<unmapped />
</root>
And now, here is the source code used to unmarshal XML into a Binder instance and then update the XML from the corresponding Java object:
JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(Input.class);
DocumentBuilderFactory documentBuilderFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
DocumentBuilder builder = documentBuilderFactory.newDocumentBuilder();
Document document = builder.parse(new File("input.xml"));
Binder<Node> binder = context.createBinder(Node.class);
Input input = (Input) binder.unmarshal(document);
binder.updateXML(input);
In the end, the very simple Input class file:
#XmlRootElement(name = "root")
public class Input {
#XmlAnyElement
protected Object[] elements;
}
When the updateXML() method is invoked, the following exception is thrown:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jaxb.DomHandlerConverter.convertObjectValueToDataValue(DomHandlerConverter.java:97)

Answer 1

We have been able to confirm this issue and it looks like it will be a very quick fix. You can use the link below to track our progress on this issue.
http://bugs.eclipse.org/391237
UPDATE
A fix has been checked into the EclipseLink 2.5.0 stream, a nightly download can be obtained from the following location:
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/downloads/nightly.php
We have also checked in a fix to the EclipseLink 2.4.2 stream. A nightly download can be obtained from the above location starting October 12, 2012.