JAXB's @XmlTransient and Property Order

package blog.proporder.xmltransient;
 
public abstract class Base {
 
    private int id;
 
    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }
 
    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }
 
}

package blog.proporder.xmltransient;
 
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlTransient;
 
@XmlTransient
public class Person extends Base {
 
    private String name;
 
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
 
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }
 
}

Customer

Since the parent class (Person) has been marked @XmlTransient the name property will be treated as part of the Customer class and can be included in the propOrder.  The Customer class also extends Base which was not marked @XmlTransient so the id property can not be specified in the propOrder.  The propOrder setting must not include a field/property that has been annotated with @XmlTransient.

package blog.proporder.xmltransient;
 
import java.util.List;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.*;
 
@XmlRootElement
@XmlType(propOrder = { "phoneNumbers", "name"})
public class Customer extends Person {
 
    private String password;
    private List<String> phoneNumbers;
 
    @XmlTransient
    public String getPassword() {
        return password;
    }
 
    public void setPassword(String password) {
        this.password = password;
    }
 
    @XmlElement(name = "phone-number")
    public List<String> getPhoneNumbers() {
        return phoneNumbers;
    }
 
    public void setPhoneNumbers(List<String> phoneNumbers) {
        this.phoneNumbers = phoneNumbers;
    }
 
     
}

Below is the demo code that can be used to run this example:

package blog.proporder.xmltransient;
 
import java.io.File;
import javax.xml.bind.*;
 
public class Demo {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance(Customer.class);
 
        Unmarshaller unmarshaller = jc.createUnmarshaller();
        File xml = new File("input.xml");
        Customer customer = (Customer) unmarshaller.unmarshal(xml);
 
        Marshaller marshaller = jc.createMarshaller();
        marshaller.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
        marshaller.marshal(customer, System.out);
    }
 
}

Below is the input to, and output from running the demo code.  Note how the properties of classes marked with @XmlTransient are included, but properties marked @XmlTransient are not.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<customer>
   <id>123</id>
   <phone-number>555-1111</phone-number>
   <phone-number>555-2222</phone-number>
   <name>Jane Doe</name>
</customer>