JAXB/XJC generation from HL7v3 XSD - solved (dirty way)

[Tomasz Judycki]

Hi!

Generating Java classes with XJC from HL7v3 XSD causes problems that were mentioned on this list and not only here. For example, EnGiven - class for given name - can’t properly marshall/unmarshall XML because there is no content i.e. text between <given> and </given>.

I know that Groovy could handle that but true Java lovers might be interested in my solution. I’m not JAXB/XJC expert and the solution is dirty.

I’ve used XDS from IPF (commons/ihe/hl7v3/src/main/resources/schema/HL7V3/NE2008) and modified datatypes-base.xsd, adding context attribute in ANY type:

  <xs:complexType name="ANY" abstract="true">

  . . .

    <xs:attribute name="content" type="xs:string" use="optional"/>

  </xs:complexType>

Then generation:

xjc -quiet multicacheschemas -b bindings.xjb

(bindings.xjb increases EnumMaxMembers).

This command will generate subdirectory org/hl7/v3 with all classes. In generated ANY.java I’ve modified:

    @XmlAttribute(name = "content")

    protected String content;

into:

    @XmlValue

    protected String content;

Usage:

   ObjectFactory factory = new ObjectFactory();

   EnGiven given = factory.createEnGiven();

   given.setContent("Jack");

 

Find attached files that were modified.

If you know better way then let me know.

Thomas