Customer.java
@Entity
@Table(name = "CUSTOMER", uniqueConstraints =
{
@UniqueConstraint(columnNames =
{
"CUSTNO"
})
})
@XmlRootElement
public class Customer
implements Serializable
{
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
@Id @Column(name = "CUSTNO", length = 10, nullable = false) private String custNo;
@Column(name = "TITLE", length = 20, nullable = false) private String title;
@Column(name = "FIRSTNAME", length = 20, nullable = false) private String
firstName;
@Column(name = "MIDINIT", length = 1, nullable = true) private String
midInit;
@Column(name = "LASTNAME", length = 1, nullable = false) private String
lastName;
@Column(name = "EMAIL", length = 50, nullable = false) private String
email;
@Column(name = "PHONE", length = 16, nullable = true) private String
phone;
@Column(name = "GENDER", length = 1, nullable = true) private String
gender;
@Column(name = "STREETADDRESS", length = 50, nullable = true) private String
streetAddress;
@Column(name = "CITY", length = 20, nullable = true) private String
city;
@Column(name = "STATE", length = 2, nullable = true) private String
state;
@Column(name = "ZIPCODE", length = 10, nullable = true) private String
zipCode;
@Column(name = "COMPANYNAME", length = 25, nullable = true) private String
companyName;
@OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.LAZY, mappedBy = "customer") private Set<ServiceRequest>
requests;
public Customer()
{
}
...... getters/setters....
Client code:
byte[] getCustomerResponse = (byte[])
RestClientUtil.sendGetMethod(urlGetCustomer + URLEncoder.encode(custNo, "UTF-8"));
Unmarshaller unmarshaller = RestClientUtil.getUnmarshaller(Customer.class);
StringReader reader = new StringReader(new String(getCustomerResponse));
Customer customer = (Customer) unmarshaller.unmarshal(reader);
I see the output as:
found customer :{"customer":{"city":"city1 ","companyName":"companyName1 ","custNo":"RCN1","email":"[email protected]","firstName":"first1 ","gender":"F","lastName":"last1 ","midInit":"K","phone":"4082229871 ","state":"CA","streetAddress":"streetAddress1","title":"S ","zipCode":"zipCode "}}
javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException - with linked exception: [org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog.] at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.createUnmarshalException(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:315) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.createUnmarshalException(UnmarshallerImpl.java:526) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal0(UnmarshallerImpl.java:223) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(UnmarshallerImpl.java:189) at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:137) at javax.xml.bind.helpers.AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal(AbstractUnmarshallerImpl.java:194) at com.ge.dsp.iworkRemote.remoteAgents.CustomerRemoteAgent.getCustomerByCustNo(CustomerRemoteAgent.java:151) at com.ge.dsp.iworkRemote.remoteAgents.CustomerRemoteAgent.execute(CustomerRemoteAgent.java:311) at com.ge.dsp.iworkRemote.remoteAgents.CustomerRemoteAgent.main(CustomerRemoteAgent.java:368) Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content is not allowed in prolog. at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source) at com.sun.xml.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.UnmarshallerImpl.unmarshal0(UnmarshallerImpl.java:217) ... 6 more java.lang.NullPointerException at com.ge.dsp.iworkRemote.remoteAgents.CustomerRemoteAgent.submitRequest(CustomerRemoteAgent.java:167) at com.ge.dsp.iworkRemote.remoteAgents.CustomerRemoteAgent.execute(CustomerRemoteAgent.java:313) at com.ge.dsp.iworkRemote.remoteAgents.CustomerRemoteAgent.main(CustomerRemoteAgent.java:368)
Note: I'm the EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) lead and a member of the JAXB (JSR-222) expert group.
The JAXB (JSR-222) specification does not cover JSON binding. When JAXB annotated models are used with JAX-RS implementations there is processing beyond the JAXB spec that is occuring. This is why when you try to use the standard JAXB APIs to process the JSON message you get an XML parser exception.
Demo
EclipseLink MOXy is a JAXB implementation that offers native support for JSON-binding (see: http://blog.bdoughan.com/2011/08/json-binding-with-eclipselink-moxy.html). Below is an example using your domain model as posted in your question (with accessors added)
package forum13652303;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.*;
import javax.xml.bind.*;
import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextProperties;
public class Demo {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<String, Object>(1);
properties.put(JAXBContextProperties.MEDIA_TYPE, "application/json");
JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance(new Class[] {Customer.class}, properties);
Unmarshaller unmarshaller = jc.createUnmarshaller();
File json = new File("src/forum13652303/input.json");
Customer customer = (Customer) unmarshaller.unmarshal(json);
Marshaller marshaller = jc.createMarshaller();
marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
marshaller.marshal(customer, System.out);
}
}
jaxb.properties
To use MOXy as your JAXB provider you need to add a file called jaxb.properties
in the same package as your domain model with the following entry (see: http://blog.bdoughan.com/2011/05/specifying-eclipselink-moxy-as-your.html):
javax.xml.bind.context.factory=org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextFactory
input.json/Output
{
"customer" : {
"city" : "city1 ",
"companyName" : "companyName1 ",
"custNo" : "RCN1",
"email" : "[email protected]",
"firstName" : "first1 ",
"gender" : "F",
"lastName" : "last1 ",
"midInit" : "K",
"phone" : "4082229871 ",
"state" : "CA",
"streetAddress" : "streetAddress1",
"title" : "S ",
"zipCode" : "zipCode "
}
}