REVERT TO CONSOLE

Xml Binding via JaxB is a standard way to work with Xml objects in Java 6 and beyond. While there are ant tools and cmd line utilities to automate this, externalizing the automation in a dedicated maven module, along with nice wrapper methods for a fluent api would be nice. Below are the steps to generate jaxb objects with a fluent api via Maven Pom configuration.

Source Structure
- src/main/resources/sample.xsd
- src/main/resources/binding/binding.xjb

<bindings xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb" version="2.0" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <globalBindings>
    <javaType name="java.util.Calendar" xmlType="xs:date"
      parseMethod="javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.parseDate"
      printMethod="javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.printDate"
    />
  </globalBindings>
</bindings>

- Finally, integrate jaxb compile and generate step via pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <artifactId>common-xml-schema</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <name>Common Schema and JaxB Module</name>
  
    <description>Common Module to hold all XML Schemas and JaxB objects</description>
    <dependencies>
         <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
            <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.2.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
            <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
            <version>2.2.4</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>    
            <!-- It's advised not to checkin the generated classes. By default they are generated in target/generated-sources with xmlns namespace provided
            in xsd. If you need the sources to be generated uncomment the below. 
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                <artifactId>jaxb2-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>xjc</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
                <configuration>
                    <packagename>xxx.schema</packagename>
                    <schemaDirectory>${basedir}/src/main/resources</schemaDirectory>
                    <outputdirectory>${basedir}/src/main/java/xxx/generated</outputdirectory>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
            -->
        
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-jaxb2-plugin</artifactId>

                <configuration>
                    <extension>true</extension>
                    <args>
                        <arg>-Xfluent-api</arg>
                    </args>
                    <plugins>
                        <plugin>
                            <groupId>net.java.dev.jaxb2-commons</groupId>
                            <artifactId>jaxb-fluent-api</artifactId>
                            <version>2.1.8</version>
                        </plugin>
                    </plugins>
                    <bindingDirectory>src/main/resources/binding</bindingDirectory>
                </configuration>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>generate</goal>
                        </goals>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>