2 EclipseLink MOXy Runtime

EclipseLink MOXy is one implementation of the standard runtime defined by the JAXB specification. To specify EclipseLink MOXy as your JAXB provider:

• Add the JAXB APIs (included in Java SE 6) and eclipselink.jar on your classpath.

• Use a jaxb.properties file (in the same package as your domain classes).

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Specifying the EclipseLink Runtime

• Bootstrapping

• Using XML Bindings

• Using MetadataSource

• Generating an XML Schema

• Validating Against an XML Schema

• Understanding Events

• Querying Objects by XPath

• Binding to an Existing Document