JAXB multiple inheritance propOrder

inheritance, java, jaxb, xmltransient

Solution

When you specify `@XmlTransient` on a class as far as JAXB is concerned you remove it from the inheritance hierarchy and its properties are considered part of its children. This means if you mark `Father` as transient you can include its properties in the `propOrder` for `Son`. If you mark `Grandpa` and `Father` as transient then you could include the properties from both classes in the `propOrder` for `Son`.

Without `@XmlTransient` you can still use `propOrder`, but in that `propOrder` you can only specify the properties that correspond to that class. This corresponds to the ordering of elements that occurs with extended complex types, inherited properties appear first.

For More Information

- http://blog.bdoughan.com/2012/08/jaxbs-xmltransient-and-property-order.html

Problem

I have a structure like ``` public class Grandpa... public class Father extends Grandpa... public class Son extends Father... ``` I want to marshall it to file with propOrder annotation. So i can use @XmlTransient on Grandpa and set propOrder on Father class, but How can i apply propOrder to all 3 classes? As i understand '@XmlTransient'-approach is only for one super class, and one child class?

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