Create Java object from a XML

In this post you will learn how to get a Java object from a given XML.

Step1: Add maven dependency.

<dependency>

        <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>

        <artifactId>jackson-mapper-asl</artifactId>

        <version>1.9.13</version>

Step2: Create a pojo model class

package com.sumit.xmlJava;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
@XmlRootElement

public class Employee

{

   private Integer id;

   private String firstName;

   public Employee(){}

   public Employee(Integer id, String name){

      this.id = id;

      this.name = name;

   }

   public Integer getId(){

      return id;

   }

@XmlElement

   public void setId(Integer id){

      this.id = id;

   }

   public String getFirstName(){

      return name;

   }

@XmlElement

   public void setFirstName(String name){

      this.name = name;

   }

@Override

   public String toString()

   {

      return "Employee [id=" + id + ", name=" + name "]";

   }

}

Step3: Create Java Object from Json

package com.sumit.xmlJava;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerationException;

import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonMappingException;

import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;

public class JSONToJavaExample

{

   public static void main(String[] args){

      try {
File file=new File("/home/sumit/Desktop/sample.xml");
JAXBContext jaxbContext=JAXBContext.newInstance(Employee.class);
Unmarshaller jaxbUnmarshaller=jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
Employee employee=(Employee)jaxbUnmarshaller.unmarshal(file);
System.out.println(employee);
  }

}

Output: Employee [id=1, name=Sumit Kumar]

Note: File /home/sumit/Desktop/sample.xml Contains following data

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<employee>
<id>1</id>
<name>Sumit Kumar</name>
</employee>


Thanks
Sumit Kumar