on setting an element:
element.setValue(null)
it marshalls the XML to
<element>
<value>null<value>
</element>
I am expecting it to be:
<element>
<value/>
</element>
or
<element />
4 Answers
JAXB does not marshal a null value as:
<foo>null</foo>
By default it will not marshal the element. If you annotate it with @XmlElement(nillable=true) the xsi:nil attribute will be used.
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Sandeep Jindal
This is correct. There must be some problem with my logic. JAXB does not create String "null".
You need to put @XmlValue annotation on getter method value
@XmlValue
public String getValue(){
}
further see How to represent null value as empty element with JAXB?
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Try to set to element.setValue("") , instead of null directly for the desired output.
answered Apr 29, 2014 at 21:20
Sireesh Yarlagadda
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You have two options:
- set the value with an empty string and do that each time you want an empty field in the file
In the getter method of value you do so:
public String getValue(){ if(value == null) return null; return value; }In this case if you don't give a value to this field then you will have an empty element. Personnally, I prefer the first solution
element? In particular how thevalueproperty is annotated (if at all).