Jaxb: Generate classes from XML schema using xjc tool

By using xjc command line tool, you can map xml schema to Java classes.

You can download xjc from following command.

https://jaxb.java.net/2.2.4/docs/xjc.html

Use following command to map xml schema to classes.

xjc.sh xsdFile

employees.xsd

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">

 <!-- Schema for simple elements -->
        <xs:element name="id" type="xs:integer" />
 <xs:element name="firstname" type="xs:string" />
 <xs:element name="middlename" type="xs:string" />
 <xs:element name="lastname" type="xs:string" />
 <xs:element name="age" type="xs:integer" />
        <xs:element name="salary" type="xs:decimal" />
        <xs:element name="married" type="xs:string" />
        <xs:element name="department" type="xs:string" />
        <xs:element name="pjtname" type="xs:string" />
 <xs:element name="from" type="xs:date" />
 <xs:element name="to" type="xs:date" />
        
 <!-- Schema for element name -->
 <xs:element name="name">
  <xs:complexType>
   <xs:sequence>
                            <xs:element ref="firstname" />
                            <xs:element ref="middlename" />
                            <xs:element ref="lastname" />
                            <xs:element ref="age" />
                            <xs:element ref="salary" />
                            <xs:element ref="married" />
   </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
 </xs:element>

         <!-- Schema for element project -->
 <xs:element name="project">
  <xs:complexType>
   <xs:sequence>
                            <xs:element ref="department" />
                            <xs:element ref="pjtname" />
                            <xs:element ref="from" />
                            <xs:element ref="to" />
   </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
 </xs:element>

         <!-- Schema for element employee -->
 <xs:element name="employee">
  <xs:complexType>
   <xs:sequence>
                            <xs:element ref="id" />
                            <xs:element ref="name" />
                            <xs:element ref="project" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
   </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
 </xs:element>

          <!-- Schema for element employees -->
 <xs:element name="employees">
  <xs:complexType>
   <xs:sequence>
                            <xs:element ref="employee" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
   </xs:sequence>
  </xs:complexType>
 </xs:element>
 
</xs:schema>

$ ./xjc.sh ../../employees.xsd 
parsing a schema...
compiling a schema...
generated/Employee.java
generated/Employees.java
generated/Name.java
generated/ObjectFactory.java
generated/Project.java

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