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just curious, have you looked at JAXB?
Uday.
Mukund Raghavachari wrote:
>We are happy to announce the release of the XML Enhancements for Java (XJ)
>compiler and runtime system on Alphaworks (
>http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xj). The XML Enhancements for Java
>(XJ) project extends Java 1.4 with first-class support for XML. In XJ, one
>can import XML schemas just as one does Java classes. All the element
>declarations in the XML schema are then available to programmers as if
>they were Java classes. Programmers can write inline XPath expressions on
>these classes, and the compiler checks them for correctness with respect
>to the XML schema. In addition, it performs optimizations to improve the
>evaluation of XPath expressions. A programmer may construct new XML
>documents by writing XML directly inline. Again, the compiler ensures
>correctness with respect to the appropriate schema. By integrating XML
>and Java, XJ allows programmers to reuse existing Java libraries in the
>development of XML code and vice-versa. The XJ language has the following
>advantages:
>
>Familiarity (for the XML Programmer) : XML processing in XJ is consistent
>with open XML standards.
>Robustness : XJ programs are strongly typed with respect to XML Schemas.
>The XJ compiler can detect errors in uses of XPath expressions and
>construction of XML data.
>Easier Maintenance: Since XJ programs are written in terms of XML and not
>low-level APIs such as DOM or SAX, they are easier to maintain and modify
>if XML Schemas change.
>Performance: Since the compiler is aware of the use of XML in a program,
>it can optimize the runtime representation, parsing, and XPath evaluation
>of XML.
>
>We have released a prototype compiler and runtime system on Alphaworks (
>http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/xj). XJ is an evolving language, and we
>are extremely interested in feedback on the utility of its features. We
>are interested in what people think about "tight" integration of XML into
>Java. Our opinion is that it makes XML processing applications more
>efficient and robust.
>
>
>Mukund Raghavachari
>IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
>http://www.research.ibm.com/people/m/mrm
>XJ: the XMLification of Java (http://www.research.ibm.com/xj)
>
>
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