BE THE CODER > XML > JAXB Examples > Serialize Binary data to XML

The following example shows serializing a POJO with binary data to an XML. The POJO should have a no-arg default constructor and @XmlRootElement annotation at class level.

File Name :

com/bethecoder/tutorials/jaxb/common/BinaryData.java


package com.bethecoder.tutorials.jaxb.common;



import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;



@XmlRootElement

public class BinaryData {



  private byte [] data;



  public byte[] getData() {

    return data;

  }



  public void setData(byte[] data) {

    this.data = data;

  }

  

}

File Name :	com/bethecoder/tutorials/jaxb/tests/BinaryToXML.java
Author :	Sudhakar KV
Email :	[email protected]


package com.bethecoder.tutorials.jaxb.tests;



import java.io.StringReader;

import java.io.StringWriter;



import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;

import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;

import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller;



import com.bethecoder.tutorials.jaxb.common.BinaryData;



public class BinaryToXML {



  public static void main (String [] args) throws JAXBException {

    

    BinaryData binaryData = new BinaryData();

    binaryData.setData("BE THE CODER".getBytes());  //encoded in xs:base64Binary by default

    

    /**

     * Create JAXB Context from the classes to be serialized

     */

    StringWriter output = new StringWriter();

    JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(BinaryData.class);  

    Marshaller m = context.createMarshaller();

    m.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, Boolean.TRUE);  

    m.marshal(binaryData, output);  

    System.out.println(output.toString());

    

    /**

     * Unmarshall

     */

    Unmarshaller um = context.createUnmarshaller();

    StringReader sr = new StringReader(output.toString());

    binaryData = (BinaryData) um.unmarshal(sr);

    System.out.println("Data decoded : " + new String(binaryData.getData()));



  }

}