JAXB Maven Plugin

Welcome to the org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2:maven-jaxb2-plugin, the most advanced and feature-full Maven plugin for XML Schema compilation.

Quick start

Put your schemas (*.xsd) and bindings (*.xjb) into the src/main/resources folder.
Add the plugin to your pom.xml:

<project ...>
  ...
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-jaxb2-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>0.15.3</version>
        <executions>
          <execution>
            <goals>
              <goal>generate</goal>
            </goals>
          </execution>
	</executions>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  ...
</project>

JAXB Versions

If you need a specific JAXB version, you can explicitly use one of the following variants:

org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2:maven-jaxb23-plugin - JAXB 2.3.
org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2:maven-jaxb2-plugin - "most actual version", at the moment same as org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2:maven-jaxb23-plugin.

Java versions

Supported Java versions are 8, and higher.

Documentation

Please refer to the wiki for the full documentation.

User Guide
Maven Documentation (Work in progress)
Configuration Cheat Sheet
Common Pitfalls and Problems (Work in progress)
Best Practices (Work in progress)
FAQ
Sample Projects
Support
License
JAXB Eclipse Project

Disclaimer

This project is not developed, supported or in any other way affiliated with Apache. The org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2:maven-jaxb2-plugin is not an Apache product (and does not pretend to be one), it is a completely independent development.

This project is also not developed by or affiliated with Oracle or Sun. Even if it is featured on https://jaxb.java.net/ pages,

This plugin is in no way official JAXB2 Maven plugin by Sun or Oracle.

This is a completely indepentent development. I am not an Oracle employee.

This Maven plugin wraps and enhances the JAXB Schema Compiler (XJC) and allows compiling XML Schemas (as well as WSDL, DTDs, RELAX NG) into Java classes in Maven builds.

If you are interested in the Mojohaus JAXB2 Maven Plugin (org.codehaus.mojo:jaxb2-maven-plugin), please follow this link to the corresponding website.