Use of Mapstruct with JAXB atom+xml data feeds

[Donald F. Coffin]

I am attempting to use Mapstruct with Spring Boot 2.0 for an application that processes atom+xml data feeds.  The challenge I am encountering is determining how Mapstruct interacts with JAXBElement to marshal and unmarshal the atom+xml datastream.  I've looked for examples within the existing documentation, but am not able to find what I need.  This may simply be due to a lack of experience.

Do I need to create JAXBElement marshalling adapters or does Mapstruct connect to the JAXB generated ObjectFactory specific _QNAME entry?  

Any assistance or examples would be helpful.

Donald F. Coffin

[Filip Hrisafov]

Hey Donald,

I am not that familiar with JAXB. However, when looking into Mapping method resolution there is na note about JAXB saying:

When working with JAXB, e.g. when converting a String to a corresponding JAXBElement<String>, MapStruct will take the scope and name attributes of @XmlElementDecl annotations into account when looking for a mapping method. This makes sure that the created JAXBElement instances will have the right QNAME value. You can find a test which maps JAXB objects here.

Have a look at the linked test, it might help you out.

Cheers,

Filip

[Donald F. Coffin]

Filip,

Thanks for the response, but I am receiving a 404 -- Not Found when I click on the link in the documentation.

[Filip Hrisafov]

Oops, we need to fix the link :). Here is the correct link

[Donald F. Coffin]

Thanks.  This will help a lot.