javax.xml.bind

Interface JAXBContextFactory

public interface JAXBContextFactory

Factory that creates new JAXBContext instances. JAXBContextFactory can be located using ServiceLoader.load(Class)

Since:

1.9, JAXB 2.3

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
JAXBContext	createContext(Class<?>[] classesToBeBound, Map<String,?> properties) Create a new instance of a JAXBContext class.
JAXBContext	createContext(String contextPath, ClassLoader classLoader, Map<String,?> properties) Create a new instance of a JAXBContext class.

Method Detail

createContext

JAXBContext createContext(Class<?>[] classesToBeBound,
                          Map<String,?> properties)
                   throws JAXBException

Create a new instance of a JAXBContext class.

For semantics see JAXBContext.newInstance(Class[], java.util.Map)

Parameters:

classesToBeBound - list of java classes to be recognized by the new JAXBContext. Can be empty, in which case a JAXBContext that only knows about spec-defined classes will be returned.

properties - provider-specific properties. Can be null, which means the same thing as passing in an empty map.

Returns:

A new instance of a JAXBContext.

Throws:

JAXBException - if an error was encountered while creating the JAXBContext, such as (but not limited to):

1. Classes use JAXB annotations incorrectly
2. Classes have colliding annotations (i.e., two classes with the same type name)
3. The JAXB implementation was unable to locate provider-specific out-of-band information (such as additional files generated at the development time.)

IllegalArgumentException - if the parameter contains null (i.e., newInstance(null,someMap);)

Since:

1.9, JAXB 2.3

createContext

JAXBContext createContext(String contextPath,
                          ClassLoader classLoader,
                          Map<String,?> properties)
                   throws JAXBException

Create a new instance of a JAXBContext class.

For semantics see JAXBContext.newInstance(String, ClassLoader, java.util.Map)

The interpretation of properties is up to implementations. Implementations should throw JAXBException if it finds properties that it doesn't understand.

Parameters:

contextPath - list of java package names that contain schema derived classes

classLoader - This class loader will be used to locate the implementation classes.

properties - provider-specific properties. Can be null, which means the same thing as passing in an empty map.

Returns:

a new instance of a JAXBContext

Throws:

JAXBException - if an error was encountered while creating the JAXBContext such as

1. failure to locate either ObjectFactory.class or jaxb.index in the packages
2. an ambiguity among global elements contained in the contextPath
3. failure to locate a value for the context factory provider property
4. mixing schema derived packages from different providers on the same contextPath

Since:

1.9, JAXB 2.3