Serializing Java Objects with JAXB

Java Model

The model class Team

package j2s.team;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElementWrapper;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

/* 
 * As the class Team is annotated with @XmlRootElement, JAXB transforms a Team 
 * instance into an XML document whose root element is <team> 
 */
@XmlRootElement(name="team")
@XmlType(propOrder={"name","description","playerList"})
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class Team {

 // fields
 private String name;
 private String description;

 @XmlElement(name = "player")
 @XmlElementWrapper(name = "players")
 private List<Player> playerList;

 public Team(String name, String description) {
  this.name = name;
  this.description = description;
  this.playerList = new ArrayList<Player>();
 }

 // default constructor required by JAXB
 public Team() {
  this("team name", "team descr");
 }

 public String getName() {
  return name;
 }

 public void setName(String name) {
  this.name = name;
 }

 public String getDescription() {
  return description;
 }

 public void setDescription(String description) {
  this.description = description;
 }

 public List<Player> getPlayers() {
  return playerList;
 }

 public void setPlayers(List<Player> playerList) {
  this.playerList = playerList;
 }

 public void addPlayer(Player dev) {
  playerList.add(dev);
 }

 @Override
 public String toString() {
  return "Team [name=" + name + ", description=" + description + ", players=" + playerList + "]";
 }

}