Specifying EclipseLink MOXy as Your JAXB Provider

To specify EclipseLink MOXy as the JAXB provider you need to put a jaxb.properties file in one of the packages for your domain classes, that is passed in to bootstrap the JAXBContext.

JAXB - The XML Binding Standard

Many people think of JAXB as an implementation (the reference implementation included in Java SE 6).  In reality JAXB is a Java Community Process (JCP) specification with multiple implementations (such as EclipseLink MOXy).  In this post I'll discuss the importance of JAXB the standard.