JAXB generates no @XmlRootElement from schema

Question

I had a problem while generating Java-Classes with JAXB under Java 1.6 where the @XmlRootElement Annotation was not generated. In the Schema file I added the following block to force xjc to set the class name:

<xs:annotation>
    <xs:appinfo>
        <jaxb:class name="ClassName" />
    </xs:appinfo>
</xs:annotation>

When i removed this block, the @XmlRootElement Annotation was generated just like i wanted.

Did not find a solution on the internet for this problem but wanted to share it.

Answer 1

When generating classes from an XML Schema a JAXB implementation will generate a class annotated with @XmlRootElement for each global element with an anonymous complex type. Global elements with a named complex type will have an @XmlElementDecl annotation on a create method on the generated ObjectFactory class.

• http://blog.bdoughan.com/2012/07/jaxb-and-root-elements.html

@XmlRootElement is unrelated to the JAXB schema annotation you cite in your question.