Making @XmlTransient annotation just for serializing?

Question

I use Spring and Apache CXF for my project that implements java Web Services with first-code style.

I have a variable as defined:

@XmlTransient
public String word;

So that variable doesn't map to an attribute at XML.

However I want it to be ignored to mapping XML element at serialization but not at deserialization.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

I don't think you can achieve that with @XmlTransient. An option would be to use MOXy to marshal using one schema and unmarshal using another schema. You can find a great example here.

A simple but less elegant workaround would be something like this:

@XmlTransient
public String word;

public void setDeserializedWord(String word) {
   this.word = word;
}

@XmlElement(name="word")
public String getDeserializedWord() {
   return null;
}