How to generate jaxb classes from xsd using gradle, jaxb and xjc, classes should have XmlRootElement

Question

We were trying to generate JAXB classes using gradle, xsd and xjc, and JAXB classes should have XmlRootElement annotations so it could be used to expose as web service reponse. We were following this link http://azagorneanu.blogspot.com/2011/09/configure-maven-to-generate-classes.html, it helped in great deal but we were unable to find one particular example with gradle only. So we figured out few things what we will share as an answer.

Answer 1

build.gradle should look like below

    buildscript {
    repositories {
    mavenCentral()
        jcenter()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath "net.saliman:gradle-cobertura-plugin:2.2.4"
        classpath 'com.github.jacobono:gradle-jaxb-plugin:1.3.5'

    }
}
apply plugin: 'com.github.jacobono.jaxb'
dependencies {
    jaxb 'com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-xjc:2.2.7'
    jaxb "org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons:jaxb2-basics-ant:0.6.5"
    jaxb "org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons:jaxb2-basics:0.6.4"
    jaxb "org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons:jaxb2-basics-annotate:0.6.4"
}
configurations {
    jaxb
}
task jaxb(){
    description 'Converts xsds to classes'
    def jaxbTargetDir = file("generated")
    doLast {
    jaxbTargetDir.mkdirs()
    ant.taskdef(name: 'xjc', classname: 'org.jvnet.jaxb2_commons.xjc.XJC2Task', classpath: configurations.jaxb.asPath)
    ant.jaxbTargetDir = jaxbTargetDir 
    ant.xjc(destdir: '${jaxbTargetDir}', package: 'com.sample.jaxbclasses', schema:'generated/schema.xsd', binding:'generated/binding.xjb', extension:'true'){
        arg(value: "-Xannotate")
        }
    }
}

schema.xsd

    <xs:element name="user" type="user" />
    <xs:element name="userList" type="userList" />

    <xs:complexType name="user">
        <xs:all>
            <xs:element name="id" type="xs:long" minOccurs="0" />
            <xs:element name="name" type="xs:string" />
            <xs:element name="registrationDate" type="xs:dateTime" />
        </xs:all>
    </xs:complexType>

    <xs:complexType name="userList">
        <xs:sequence>
            <xs:element name="user" type="user" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
        </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>

</xs:schema>

binding.xjb

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<jaxb:bindings xmlns:jaxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    xmlns:xjc="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/xjc" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:annox="http://annox.dev.java.net" 
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/bindingschema_2_0.xsd"
    version="2.1">
    <jaxb:globalBindings>
        <!-- Use java.util.Calendar instead of javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar for xs:dateTime -->
        <jaxb:javaType name="java.util.Calendar" xmlType="xs:dateTime"
                parseMethod="javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.parseDateTime" 
                printMethod="javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.printDateTime" />

        <!-- Force all classes implements Serializable -->
        <xjc:serializable uid="1" />
    </jaxb:globalBindings>

    <!-- Annotate the following classes with XmlRootElement -->
    <jaxb:bindings schemaLocation="schema.xsd" node="/xs:schema">
        <jaxb:bindings node="xs:complexType[@name='user']">
            <annox:annotate>
                <annox:annotate annox:class="javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement" name="user" />
            </annox:annotate>
        </jaxb:bindings>
        <jaxb:bindings node="xs:complexType[@name='userList']">
            <annox:annotate>
                <annox:annotate annox:class="javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement" name="userList" />
            </annox:annotate>
        </jaxb:bindings>
    </jaxb:bindings>
</jaxb:bindings>

below binding.xjb could be used as well

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<jxb:bindings version="1.0" xmlns:jxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb" xmlns:xjc="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/xjc" jxb:extensionBindingPrefixes="xjc" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <jxb:bindings schemaLocation="schema.xsd" node="/xs:schema">
    <jxb:globalBindings>
      <xjc:simple />
    </jxb:globalBindings>
  </jxb:bindings>
</jxb:bindings>

Now you can run the task 'jaxb', All set. Cheers!

User.java

//
// This file was generated by the JavaTM Architecture for XML Binding(JAXB) Reference Implementation, v2.2.7 
// See <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb">http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb</a> 
// Any modifications to this file will be lost upon recompilation of the source schema. 
// Generated on: 2017.01.26 at 11:59:18 AM EST 
//


package com.sample.jaxbclasses;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Calendar;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlSchemaType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlJavaTypeAdapter;


/**
* <p>Java class for user complex type.
* 
 * <p>The following schema fragment specifies the expected content contained within this class.
* 
 * <pre>
* &lt;complexType name="user">
*   &lt;complexContent>
*     &lt;restriction base="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}anyType">
*       &lt;all>
*         &lt;element name="id" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}long" minOccurs="0"/>
*         &lt;element name="name" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
*         &lt;element name="registrationDate" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}dateTime"/>
*       &lt;/all>
*     &lt;/restriction>
*   &lt;/complexContent>
* &lt;/complexType>
* </pre>
* 
 * 
 */
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlType(name = "user", propOrder = {

})
@XmlRootElement(name = "user")
public class User
    implements Serializable
{

    private final static long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    protected Long id;
    @XmlElement(required = true)
    protected String name;
    @XmlElement(required = true, type = String.class)
    @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(Adapter1 .class)
    @XmlSchemaType(name = "dateTime")
    protected Calendar registrationDate;

    /**
     * Gets the value of the id property.
     * 
     * @return
     *     possible object is
     *     {@link Long }
     *     
     */
    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of the id property.
     * 
     * @param value
     *     allowed object is
     *     {@link Long }
     *     
     */
    public void setId(Long value) {
        this.id = value;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the name property.
     * 
     * @return
     *     possible object is
     *     {@link String }
     *     
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of the name property.
     * 
     * @param value
     *     allowed object is
     *     {@link String }
     *     
     */
    public void setName(String value) {
        this.name = value;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the registrationDate property.
     * 
     * @return
     *     possible object is
     *     {@link String }
     *     
     */
    public Calendar getRegistrationDate() {
        return registrationDate;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the value of the registrationDate property.
     * 
     * @param value
     *     allowed object is
     *     {@link String }
     *     
     */
    public void setRegistrationDate(Calendar value) {
        this.registrationDate = value;
    }

}