jaxb, quick start guide

Here is a quick start from my experience:

• Install jaxb: Remember jaxb will not come as a seperate installation. So finding a jaxb installation on java.sun is futile. Download and install the latest version of jwsdp. I have installed it here: "c:\Program Files\jwsdp-1.6". You can find jaxb in C:\Program Files\jwsdp-1.6\jaxb
  
• The magical xjc compiler that does it all can be found in: C:\Program Files\jwsdp-1.6\jaxb\bin\xjc.bat
• Always have the latest stable java build installed with you: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_04. Note JDK and not JRE! tools.jar is not found in jre.
  
• Create a development/work folder something like c:\dev\jaxb. You will eventually have the following folder\file structure here:
  
• c:\dev\jaxb
• \lib (for supporting libs)
• \work (for java files generate by the xjc compiler)
• \classes (for class files generated by the javac compiler)
• catalog.xsd (schema file to be persisted)
• setEnv.bat
• Copy the following files in dev\lib from the jaxb installation: jax-qname.jar, jaxb-api.jar, jaxb-impl.jar, jaxb-libs.jar, jaxb-xjc.jar, namespace.jar, relaxngDatatype.jar
• Our generated schema classes will be kept under: dev\jaxb\classes
• Create a setEnv.bat file. Mine looks like this:

@ECHO ON
set CLASSPATH=.
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\dev\jaxb\classes
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\dev\jaxb\classes\myTest
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\dev\jaxb\lib\jax-qname.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\dev\jaxb\lib\jaxb-api.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\dev\jaxb\lib\jaxb-impl.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\dev\jaxb\lib\jaxb-libs.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\dev\jaxb\lib\jaxb-xjc.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\dev\jaxb\lib\namespace.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;C:\dev\jaxb\lib\relaxngDatatype.jar

• Copy your favourite xsd file in the c:\dev\jaxb folder.
  
• On command prompt execute the setEnv.bat file.
• (Make sure you have things like jav\bin, ant\bin etc in the system path variable)
  
• Once the env is set, you are all set.
  
• To generate java files in teh work folder, run the following command:
  
• xjc -p myTest catalog.xsd -d work
• You just compilled your entire schema into .java classes with package structure myTest under the work folder. Nice!
  
• To generate .class files from the generated .java files, use the following command line:
  
• javac -d classes work\myTest\*.java
• YOU ARE DONE!
• Testing persistance:
  
• change your directory to work folder. You should see the myTest package created here.
  
• Now create a folder named: "client".
  
• Copy the JAXBConstructor.java file from this zip.
• Compile and run this file with a sample xml as input.
  

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