Jackson XML Annotations: String element with attribute

Question

I can't seem to find a way to make a Pojo Using the jackson-xml annotations that would generate xml like the following:

<Root>     <Element1 ns="xxx">         <Element2 ns="yyy">A String</Element2>     </Element1> </Root> 

The closest I can seem to come is the following:

Root POJO:

public class Root {     @JacksonXmlProperty(localName = "Element1")     private Element1 element1;      public String getElement1() {         return element1;     }      public void setElement1(String element1) {         this.element1 = element1;     } } 

Element1 POJO:

public class Element1 {     @JacksonXmlProperty(isAttribute = true)     private String ns = "xxx";     @JacksonXmlProperty(localName = "Element2")     private Element2 element2;      public String getElement2() {         return element2;     }      public void setElement2(String element2) {         this.element2 = element2;     } } 

Element2 POJO:

public class Element2 {     @JacksonXmlProperty(isAttribute = true)     private String ns = "yyy";     private String value;      public String getValue() {         return value;     }      public void setValue(String value) {         this.value = value;     } } 

But this returns back the following:

<Root>     <Element1 ns="xxx">         <Element2 ns="yyy"><value>A String</value></Element2>     </Element1> </Root> 

The element tags around "A String" I do not want to display.

Answer 1

You should use JacksonXmlText annotation for value field.

public class Element2  {     @JacksonXmlProperty(isAttribute = true)     private String ns = "yyy";     @JacksonXmlText     private String value;      public String getValue() {         return value;     }      public void setValue(String value) {         this.value = value;     } }   

then XML will looks like

<Root>     <Element1 ns="xxx">         <Element2 ns="yyy">A String</Element2>     </Element1> </Root>