javax.xml.bind
Class JAXBContext

java.lang.Object
  javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext

Direct Known Subclasses:

JAXBContextImpl

public abstract class JAXBContext
extends java.lang.Object

The JAXBContext provides the JAXB users anchor to the implmentation and hos generated classes. A JAXBContext is used to obtain instances of Marshaller, Unmarshaller, and Validator. To obtain a JAXBContext, the application invokes

   JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance("com.mycompany:com.mycompany.xml");
 

The list of colon separated package names matches the list in the schemas used to generate classes. In other words: If you have a schema using package name "com.mycompany.xml", then this package name has to be part of the list.

The JAXBContext class will scan the given list of packages for a file called jaxb.properties. This file contains the name of an instantiation class in the property JAXB_CONTEXT_FACTORY. (See newInstance(String) for details on how the class name is obtained.) Once such a file is found, the given class is loaded via ClassLoader.loadClass(java.lang.String). The JAXBContext class demands, that the created object has a method

   public static JAXBContext createContext(String pPath, ClassLoader pClassLoader)
     throws JAXBException;
 

This method is invoked with the same path and ClassLoader than above. See newInstance(String,ClassLoader)} for details on the choice of the ClassLoader.

The created context will scan the same package path for implementation specific configuration details (in the case of the JaxMe application a file called Configuration.xml in any of the packages) and do whatever else is required to initialize the runtime. In particular it will invoke DatatypeConverter.setDatatypeConverter(DatatypeConverterInterface).

Since:

JAXB1.0

Author:

JSR-31

See Also:

Marshaller, Unmarshaller, Validator

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

JAXB_CONTEXT_FACTORY This is the name of the property used to determine the name of the initialization class: "javax.xml.bind.context.factory".

Constructor Summary

JAXBContext()

Method Summary

abstract Marshaller	createMarshaller() Creates a new instance of Marshaller.
abstract Unmarshaller	createUnmarshaller() Creates a new instance of Unmarshaller.
abstract Validator	createValidator() Creates a new instance of Validator.
static JAXBContext	newInstance(java.lang.String pPath) Creates a new instance of JAXBContext by applying the following algorithm: The first step is to determine the name of an initialization class.
static JAXBContext	newInstance(java.lang.String pPath, java.lang.ClassLoader pClassLoader) Creates a new instance of JAXBContext by applying the following algorithm: The first step is to determine the name of an initialization class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

JAXB_CONTEXT_FACTORY

public static final java.lang.String JAXB_CONTEXT_FACTORY

This is the name of the property used to determine the name of the initialization class: "javax.xml.bind.context.factory". The name is used by newInstance(String) and newInstance(String,ClassLoader). It contains a class name. The class must contain a static method

   public static JAXBContext createContext(String, ClassLoader) throws JAXBException;
 

which is invoked to create the actual instance of JAXBContext.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

JAXBContext

public JAXBContext()

Method Detail

newInstance

public static JAXBContext newInstance(java.lang.String pPath)
                               throws JAXBException

Creates a new instance of JAXBContext by applying the following algorithm:

1. The first step is to determine the name of an initialization class. For any of the package names in the list given by pPath the JAXBContext class will try to find a file called jaxb.properties. This file's got to be in standard property file format. The JAXBContext class will load the property file.
2. A property called "javax.xml.bind.context.factory" (see JAXB_CONTEXT_FACTORY) is evaluated. It must contain the name of an initialization class. The initialization class is loaded via Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().loadClass(String).
3. The initialization class must contain a method

          public static JAXBContext createContext(String, ClassLoader) throws JAXBException;
        

   which is invoked with the pPath argument and the ClassLoader of the JAXBContext class as parameters. The result of this method is also used as the result of the newInstance(String) method.

Parameters:

pPath - A colon separated path of package names where to look for jaxb.properties files. The package names must match the generated classes which you are going to use in your application.

Returns:

An initialized instance of JAXBContext.

Throws:

JAXBException - An error occurred while creating the JAXBContext instance.

newInstance

public static JAXBContext newInstance(java.lang.String pPath,
                                      java.lang.ClassLoader pClassLoader)
                               throws JAXBException

Creates a new instance of JAXBContext by applying the following algorithm:

1. The first step is to determine the name of an initialization class. For any of the package names in the list given by pPath the JAXBContext class will try to find a file called jaxb.properties. This file's got to be in standard property file format. The JAXBContext class will load the property file.
2. A property called "javax.xml.bind.context.factory" (see JAXB_CONTEXT_FACTORY) is evaluated. It must contain the name of an initialization class. The initialization class is loaded via pClassLoader.loadClass(String).
3. The initialization class must contain a method

          public static JAXBContext createContext(String, ClassLoader) throws JAXBException;
        

   which is invoked with the parameters pPath and pClassLoader. The result of this method is also used as the result of the newInstance(String) method.

Parameters:

pPath - A colon separated path of package names where to look for jaxb.properties files. The package names must match the generated classes which you are going to use in your application.

Returns:

An initialized instance of JAXBContext.

Throws:

JAXBException - An error occurred while creating the JAXBContext instance.

createMarshaller

public abstract Marshaller createMarshaller()
                                     throws JAXBException

Creates a new instance of Marshaller. The Marshaller can be used to convert JAXB objects into XML data.

Note: Marshallers are reusable, but not reentrant (thread safe).

Throws:

JAXBException

createUnmarshaller

public abstract Unmarshaller createUnmarshaller()
                                         throws JAXBException

Creates a new instance of Unmarshaller. The Unmarshaller can be used to convert XML data into JAXB objects.

Note: Unmarshallers are reusable, but not reentrant (thread safe).

Throws:

JAXBException

createValidator

public abstract Validator createValidator()
                                   throws JAXBException

Creates a new instance of Validator. The Validator can be used to validate JAXB objects.

Throws:

JAXBException