@XmlType Annotation - Anonymous Type

Guideline: Prefer mapping class to named XML schema type rather than an anonymous type for a better .NET type binding.

The @XmlType annotation is used to customize the mapping of a Java class to an anonymous type. .NET binds an anonymous type to a .NET class - one per reference to the anonymous type. Thus, each Java class mapped to an anonymous type can generate multiple classes on the .NET client.

Example: Mapping a Java class to an anonymous type using @XmlType

//-- Java code fragment
public class PurchaseOrder {
    public java.util.List<Item> item;
}
@XmlType(name="")
public class Item {
    public String productName;
    ...
}

//-- Schema fragment
<xs:complexType name="purchaseOrder">
    <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element name="item">
            <xs:complexType>
                <xs:sequence>
                    <xs:element name="productName" type="xs:string"/>
                </xs:sequence>
            </xs:complexType
>        </xs:element>
    </xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>

// C# code generated by svcutil
public partial class purchaseOrder
{
    private purchaseOrderItem[] itemField;
    System.Xml.Serialization.XmlElementAttribute("item", 
        Form=System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaForm.Unqualified, IsNullable=true, Order=0)]
    public purchaseOrderItem[] item
    {
        get {
            return this.itemField;
        }

        set {
            this.itemField = value;
        }
    }
}

// .NET auto generated code from schema
public partial class purchaseOrderItem
{
    private string productNameField;
    public string productName {
        get { return this.productNameField; }
        set { this.productNameField = value; }
    }
}