JAXB Example for Stackoverflow

gistfile1.java

import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;

/**
 * JAXB Example for Stackoverflow
 *  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5189690/how-to-serialize-and-de-serialize-objects-using-jaxb/5189960#5189960
 * 
 * @author Mohamed Mansour
 * @since 2011-03-04
 */
public class JAXB {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws JAXBException {
    Student student = new Student();
    student.setAge(25);
    student.setName("Some Kid");
    System.out.println(serialize(student));
  }
  
  /**
   * Serialize a Student to an XML String.
   * @param student The student to serialize.
   * @return XML String.
   * @throws JAXBException
   */
  public static final String serialize(Student student) throws JAXBException {
    StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
    JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(Student.class);
    Marshaller m = context.createMarshaller();
    m.marshal(student, writer);
    return writer.toString();
  }
  
  /**
   * Deserialize an XML String that represents a Student object.
   * @param input The XML String to deserialize.
   * @return A Student object.
   * @throws JAXBException
   */
  public static final Student deserialize(String input) throws JAXBException {
    JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(Student.class);
    Unmarshaller m = context.createUnmarshaller();
    return (Student)m.unmarshal(new StringReader(input));
  }
  
  @XmlRootElement(name="student")
  @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)
  static class Student {
    @XmlElement(name="name")
    private String name;
    @XmlElement(name="age")
    private int age;

    public Student() {
    }
    
    public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; }
    public String getName() { return name; }
    public void setAge(int age) { this.age = age; }
    public int getAge() { return age; }
  }
}