How Does JAXB Compare to XMLBeans?

In previous posts I compared JAXB (JSR-222) to Simple and XStream when starting from Java objects.  In this post I'll compare JAXB to XMLBeans when starting from an XML schema.   I will use XMLBeans 2.5.0 (December 2009) which is the latest release.

How Does JAXB Compare to Simple?

In a previous post I compared JAXB to XStream.  In this post I'll run that comparison with the Simple XML Serialization framework.

How Does JAXB Compare to XStream?

The XStream FAQ states the following when being compared to JAXB:

JAXB is a Java binding tool. It generates Java code from a schema and you are able to transform from those classes into XML matching the processed schema and back. Note, that you cannot use your own objects, you have to use what is generated.

In this post I will provide an alternative answer to that question.