Javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext Class

Introduction

The javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext class provides the client's entry point to the JAXB API.This class provides an abstraction for managing the XML/Java binding information necessary to implement the JAXB binding framework operations: unmarshal, marshal and validate.

Class declaration

Following is the declaration for javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext class −

public abstract class JAXBContext
   extends Object

Field

Following are the fields for javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext class −

  • static String JAXB_CONTEXT_FACTORY − This is the name of the property that contains the name of the class capable of creating new JAXBContext objects.

Class constructors

S.N. Constructor & Description
1 protected JAXBContext()

This is the only constructor.

Class methods

S.N. Method & Description
1 Binder<Node> createBinder()

This method creates a Binder for W3C DOM.
2 <T> Binder<T> createBinder(Class<T> domType)

This method creates a Binder object that can be used for associative/in-place unmarshalling/marshalling.
3 JAXBIntrospector createJAXBIntrospector()

This method creates a JAXBIntrospector object that can be used to introspect JAXB objects.
4 abstract Marshaller createMarshaller()

This method creates a Marshaller object that can be used to convert a java content tree into XML data.
5 abstract Unmarshaller createUnmarshaller()

This method creates an Unmarshaller object that can be used to convert XML data into a java content tree.
6 void generateSchema(SchemaOutputResolver outputResolver)

This method generates the schema documents for this context.
7 static JAXBContext newInstance(Class... classesToBeBound)

This method obtains a new instance of a JAXBContext class.
8

static JAXBContext newInstance(Class[] classesToBeBound, Map<String,?> properties)

This method obtain a new instance of a JAXBContext class.
9 static JAXBContext newInstance(String contextPath)

This method obtains a new instance of a JAXBContext class.
10

static JAXBContext newInstance(String contextPath, ClassLoader classLoader)

This method obtains a new instance of a JAXBContext class.
11

static JAXBContext newInstance(String contextPath, ClassLoader classLoader, Map<String,?> properties)

This method obtains a new instance of a JAXBContext class.

Methods inherited

This class inherits methods from the following classes −

javax.xml.Object

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