What is JAXBContext.newInstance(String contextPath)?

Question

I see the usage of the below method in my project

JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance("org.test.customer");

where org.test.customer is the package name.

Does it mean we can marshal/unmarshal classes which lies under org.test.customer?

My understanding is based on http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/5/api/javax/xml/bind/JAXBContext.html#newInstance(java.lang.String)

Answer 1

The explanation is in JAXBContext class`s Javadoc

The JAXBContext instance is initialized from a list of colon separated Java package names. Each java package contains JAXB mapped classes, schema-derived classes and/or user annotated classes.

Example:

JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance( "com.acme.foo:com.acme.bar" );