Java: JAXB

Date type mapping example

<jaxws:bindings node="wsdl:definitions/wsdl:types/xsd:schema"
                xmlns:jaxws="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxws"
                xmlns:jaxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
                xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"
                xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

    <jaxb:globalBindings>
        <jaxb:javaType name="java.util.Date" xmlType="xsd:dateTime"/>
        <jaxb:javaType name="java.util.Date" xmlType="xsd:date" />
    </jaxb:globalBindings>
</jaxws:bindings>

Date type mapping example with custom converter

<javaType name="java.util.Date"
          xmlType="xs:dateTime"
          parseMethod="foo.org.Converter.parseDate"
          printMethod="foo.org.Converter.printDateTime"/>

<javaType name="java.util.Date"
          xmlType="xs:date"
          parseMethod="foo.org.Converter.parseDate"
          printMethod="foo.org.Converter.printDate"/>

Manual java.util.Date conversion to XMLGregorianCalendar

GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
calendar.setTime(date);
XMLGregorianCalendar xmlDate = DatatypeFactory.newInstance().newXMLGregorianCalendar(calendar);

Converting JAXB object to string

GeneratedClass obj = new GeneratedClass();
MessageFactory factory = MessageFactory.newInstance();
SOAPMessage message = factory.createMessage();
SOAPBody body = message.getSOAPBody();
JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(GeneratedClass.class);
Marshaller marshaller = context.createMarshaller();
marshaller.marshal(obj, body);
message.saveChanges();
message.writeTo(System.out);