Java EE (Java Enterprise Edition) General Discussion

Hi Friends,

I am receiving an XML from external system which I have to parse using JAXB.

Now I am the one who will be creating the schema out of the sample XML given.

Here is what it looks like:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Org>
    <Emp Number="137137">
        <Name>Chintan</Name>
        <LastName>Desai</LastName>
    </Emp>
    <Emp Number="118939">
        <Name>Chintan</Name>
        <LastName>Desai</LastName>
        <Name>Jabeen</Name>
        <LastName>Mohmd</LastName>
    </Emp>
</Org>

I am not sure if the generated JAXB objects will be able to handle the scenario as in the second Emp Node, I am having multiple nodes for Name and LastName and I am not sure how to distinguish between them.

I do not want to parse Sequentially (No SAX parser to be used - as my incoming XML can be as huge as 1MB to 5MB).

My question here is, Can I ask the external system to provide me a more uniform XML??

Please let me know your views on this.

Chintan