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As of Java 11, JAXB is not part of the JRE anymore and you need to configure the relevant libraries via your dependency management system, for example Maven or Gradle.
JAXB was integrated within the JVM itself, so you didn't need to add any code dependency to have the functionality within your application. But with the modularization performed in JDK 9, it was removed as the maintainers wanted to have a smaller JDK distribution that only contains the core concepts.
In Java SE 9 and 10, the module java.se.ee, which contains JAX-WS, JAXB and a few other Java EE APIs, is still included but is deprecated, and not included in the module path by default. You need to explicitly enable it if you want to use it.
It defines static parse and print methods that provide access to a JAXB provider's implementation of parse and print methods. The static methods defined in the class can also be used to specify a parse or a print method in a javaType binding declaration.
According to the release-notes, Java 11 removed the Java EE modules:
java.xml.bind (JAXB) - REMOVED
See JEP 320 for more info.
You can fix the issue by using alternate versions of the Java EE technologies. Simply add Maven dependencies that contain the classes you need:
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
<version>2.3.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-core</artifactId>
<version>2.3.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
<version>2.3.0</version>
</dependency>
Instead of using old JAXB modules you can fix the issue by using Jakarta XML Binding from Jakarta EE 8:
<dependency>
<groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
<version>2.3.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
<version>2.3.3</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
Use latest release of Jakarta XML Binding 3.0:
<dependency>
<groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
Note: Jakarta EE 9 adopts new API package namespace jakarta.xml.bind.*, so update import statements:
javax.xml.bind -> jakarta.xml.bind
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