2 EclipseLink MOXy Runtime

This chapter introduces and describes EclipseLink MOXy. 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 includes 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