MOXy's #XmlCDATA seems to have no affect - rest

Question

I would like to have the following returned to the browser (view source)
<content>
<![CDATA[Please show this inside a unescaped CDATA tag]]>
</content>
But I acutally get
<content>
Please show this inside a unescaped CDATA tag
</content>
If, I change the value of content to be
&lt ;![CDATA[Please show this inside a unescaped CDATA tag]]&gt ;
, the less than and the greater than for the tag are escaped.
Wondering how to achieve what I wanted????
Here is my code
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
#Path("/myRequest")
public class MyRestClass {
#GET
#Path("{myPathNumber}")
#Produces({MediaType.APPLICATION_XML, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON})
public Object doInquiry(#PathParam("myPathNumber") String myPathNumber) {
try {
return new MyObject();
} catch (Exception e) {
return "exception " + e.getMessage();
}
}
}
package org.openengine.wink;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.XmlCDATA;
#XmlRootElement
public class MyObject implements Serializable {
#XmlElement
#XmlCDATA
private String content = "Please show this inside a unescaped CDATA tag";
}
in package org.openengine.wink I have a file, jaxb.properties, with the following content
javax.xml.bind.context.factory=org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextFactory

Answer 1

CLASSPATH
My best guess is that EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) is not correctly configured on your classpath, and the JAXB RI is being used as the JAXB (JSR-222) provider in your environment.
METADATA
The EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) metadata you have provided appears to be correct. This can be verified with the following standalone demo code.
MyObject
By default JAXB (JSR-222) implementations look for metadata on the property (getter/setter). Since you have annotated the field I would recommend using the #XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD annotation (see: http://blog.bdoughan.com/2011/06/using-jaxbs-xmlaccessortype-to.html).
package org.openengine.wink;
import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.XmlCDATA;
#XmlRootElement
#XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
public class MyObject implements Serializable {
#XmlElement
#XmlCDATA
private String content = "Please show this inside a unescaped CDATA tag";
}
jaxb.properties
To specify MOXy as your JAXB provider you need to have the EclipseLink binaries on your classpath and have a file called jaxb.properties in the same package as your domain model with the following entry (see: http://blog.bdoughan.com/2011/05/specifying-eclipselink-moxy-as-your.html).
javax.xml.bind.context.factory=org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextFactory
Demo
package org.openengine.wink;
import javax.xml.bind.*;
public class Demo {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance(MyObject.class);
MyObject myObject = new MyObject();
Marshaller marshaller = jc.createMarshaller();
marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
marshaller.marshal(myObject, System.out);
}
}
Output
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<myObject>
<content><![CDATA[Please show this inside a unescaped CDATA tag]]></content>
</myObject>
For More Information
http://blog.bdoughan.com/2010/07/cdata-cdata-run-run-data-run.html