Package org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations

Annotation Type XmlCDATA

@Target({FIELD,METHOD}) @Retention(RUNTIME) public @interface XmlCDATA

Wrap the value inside a CDATA section. Normally JAXB will escape certain characters in a string during a marshal operation:

  • & (as &)
  • < (as &lt;)
  • " (as &quot;)
This means a property foo with string value "1 < 2" without @XmlCDATA will be marshalled as <foo>1 &lt; 2</foo>. When @XmlCDATA is used the content is marshalled as <foo><![CDATA[1 < 2]]></foo>.

Example 

 import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
 import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.XmlCDATA;

 @XmlRootElement()
 public class Root {
     private String foo;

     @XmlCDATA
     public String getFoo() {
         return foo;
     }

     public void setFoo(String foo) {
         this.foo = foo;
     }
 }