Class Binding Declarations (The Java EE 5 Tutorial)

The Java EE 5 Tutorial

Class Binding Declarations

The <class> binding declaration enables you to customize the binding of a schema element to a Java content interface or a Java Element interface. <class> declarations can be used to customize:

A name for a schema-derived Java interface
An implementation class for a schema-derived Java content interface

The syntax for <class> customizations is:

<class [ name = "className"]
   [ implClass= "implClass" ] >
   [ <javadoc> ... </javadoc> ]
</class>

name is the name of the derived Java interface. It must be a legal Java interface name and must not contain a package prefix. The package prefix is inherited from the current value of package.
implClass is the name of the implementation class for className and must include the complete package name.
The <javadoc> element specifies the Javadoc tool annotations for the schema-derived Java interface. The string entered here must use CDATA or < to escape embedded HTML tags.