Is it possible to autogenerate Java class from DTD?

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I have DTD files of web service, now I need to map database to this web services and I need Java classes to create my entities. But doing this manually from DTD files would be very hard and long process. Is there any tools for this?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '13 at 22:58

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xjc -dtd -d generatedsrc -p com.examples log4j.dtd

will generate the classes in directory generatedsrc and the package used will be com.examples.

you can find more information here: http://www.javaworld.com/community/node/7622

answered Feb 17 '13 at 22:58

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 24 '11 at 10:55

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Isn't it a job for JAXB ?

answered Jan 24 '11 at 10:55

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+1, You can use the -dtd flag on the Metro JAXB XJC tool to generate Java classes from a DTD. – bdoughan Jan 24 '11 at 16:49

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 24 '11 at 11:35

The problem is usually more than entity binding however. What about the transport or representing the services themselves? My preference depends on the 'flavor': for SOAP, I'd use the Axis Ant/Maven tasks or the Eclipse web service tools. REST, I wouldn't go past Jersey.

Is it possible to autogenerate Java class from DTD?

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