@JacksonXmlText cannot retrieve a wrapped text from a valid XML

[forceporquillo]

Given a POJO, I should be able to deserialize any element value from an XML element.

suppose, this object:

@Getter
@ToString
@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
@JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
public static class MatchingGroups {

   ...

   @JacksonXmlText
   private String content;
}

When deserializing a value from an XML element, note: that the value from that element is wrapped inside an XML element.

<MatchingGroups1 id="123" format="foo"><test>1</test></MatchingGroups1>

The expected value of matchingGroups.getContent() should be <test>1</test> however, in my case it was empty.

I am aware that the docs say: Allows specifying that value of one property is to be serialized as "unwrapped" text, and not in an element.

I am using the 2.13.4 version. Is there a way how we can easily achieve retrieving a wrapped text from an XML element?

[cowtowncoder]

No, that's not how XML Text works -- you cannot arbitrarily claim to not parse XML elements and leave them as "general XML content". If there is element <test>, it must match structure; XML parser will (and must) decode it separately into elements, text segments and so on.

Put another way, @JacksonXmlText can only map XML text segments (text within element), not for XML sub-trees.

You could bind it into

 private Object content;

or

private JsonNode content;

in which case contents would be read into Maps or JsonNode.

[forceporquillo]

Thanks for your clarifications and insights! I was able to resolve it by following your suggestion and reading the contents via JsonNode. Closing this issue.

[cowtowncoder]

@forceporquillo I am glad work-around works for you -- good luck!