<s>
XMLBeans	B-Language
is	O
a	O
Java-to-XML	O
binding	O
framework	B-Architecture
which	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
XML	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMLBeans	B-Language
is	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
allows	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
full	O
power	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
in	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
friendly	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
is	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
richness	O
and	O
features	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
and	O
have	O
these	O
features	O
mapped	O
as	O
naturally	O
as	O
possible	O
to	O
the	O
equivalent	O
Java	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
typing	O
constructs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMLBeans	B-Language
uses	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
to	O
compile	O
Java	B-Language
interfaces	O
and	O
classes	O
that	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
access	O
and	O
modify	O
XML	B-Protocol
instance	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
is	O
similar	O
to	O
using	O
any	O
other	O
Java	B-Language
interface/class	O
:	O
with	O
methods	O
like	O
getFoo	O
or	O
setFoo	O
,	O
just	O
as	O
when	O
working	O
with	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
a	O
major	O
use	O
of	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
is	O
to	O
access	O
XML	B-Protocol
instance	O
data	O
with	O
strongly	O
typed	O
Java	B-Language
classes	O
there	O
are	O
also	O
APIs	O
that	O
allow	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
full	O
XML	B-Protocol
infoset	O
(	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
keeps	O
XML	B-Protocol
Infoset	O
fidelity	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
allow	O
reflection	O
into	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
schema	O
itself	O
through	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
Object	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large	O
XML	B-Protocol
Infoset	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
support	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
fully	O
supports	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
and	O
the	O
corresponding	O
java	B-Language
classes	O
provide	O
constructs	O
for	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
functionality	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
critical	O
since	O
often	O
one	O
has	O
no	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
needed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
oriented	O
applications	O
can	O
take	O
full	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
and	O
not	O
have	O
to	O
restrict	O
themselves	O
to	O
a	O
subset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Large	O
XML	B-Protocol
Infoset	O
support	O
:	O
When	O
unmarshalling	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
instance	O
the	O
full	O
XML	B-Protocol
infoset	O
is	O
kept	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
critical	O
because	O
that	O
subset	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
is	O
not	O
easily	O
represented	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
major	O
objective	O
of	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
has	O
been	O
its	O
applicability	O
in	O
all	O
non-streaming	O
(	O
in	O
memory	O
)	O
XML	B-Protocol
programming	O
situations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
should	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
compile	O
their	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
into	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
Java	B-Language
classes	O
and	O
know	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
use	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
for	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
schemas	O
they	O
encounter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
access	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
at	O
whatever	O
level	O
is	O
necessary	O
without	O
other	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
accomplish	O
the	O
above	O
objectives	O
,	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
provides	O
three	O
major	O
APIs	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
XmlObject	O
:	O
The	O
java	B-Language
classes	O
that	O
are	O
generated	O
from	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
are	O
all	O
derived	O
from	O
XmlObject	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
provide	O
strongly	O
typed	O
getters	O
and	O
setters	O
for	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
elements	O
within	O
the	O
defined	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simple	O
types	O
turn	O
into	O
simple	O
getters	O
and	O
setters	O
with	O
the	O
correct	O
java	B-Language
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
provides	O
efficient	O
,	O
low	O
level	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
Infoset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
cursor	O
represents	O
a	O
position	O
in	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
instance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cursor	O
can	O
be	O
moved	O
around	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
instance	O
at	O
any	O
level	O
of	O
granularity	O
needed	O
from	O
individual	O
characters	O
to	O
Tokens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SchemaType	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
provides	O
a	O
full	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
object	O
model	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
reflect	O
on	O
the	O
underlying	O
schema	O
meta	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
might	O
generate	O
a	O
sample	O
XML	B-Protocol
instance	O
for	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
schema	O
or	O
perhaps	O
find	O
the	O
enumerations	O
for	O
an	O
element	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
may	O
be	O
displayed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
simple	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema	O
Definition	O
to	O
describe	O
a	O
country	O
is	O
given	O
below	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
schema	O
is	O
compiled	O
into	O
XMLBean	O
classes	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
using	O
Ant	B-Application
)	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
very	O
easy	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
manipulate	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
that	O
conforms	O
to	O
the	O
schema	O
definition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
Java	B-Language
code	I-Language
is	O
a	O
simple	O
example	O
that	O
illustrates	O
how	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
document	I-Protocol
can	O
be	O
created	O
and	O
validated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Bau	O
was	O
the	O
chief	O
designer	O
for	O
the	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
1.0	O
project	O
while	O
he	O
was	O
working	O
for	O
BEA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMLBeans	B-Language
started	O
on	O
the	O
grounds	O
of	O
XMLMaps	O
,	O
an	O
XML	B-Language
binding	I-Language
tool	O
included	O
in	O
previous	O
BEA	B-Language
WebLogic	I-Language
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMLBeans	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
proprietary	O
BEA	B-Language
WebLogic	I-Language
Workshop	O
Framework	B-Architecture
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
obvious	O
from	O
interviews	O
conducted	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
on	O
January	O
27	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
that	O
BEA	O
wanted	O
it	O
to	O
become	O
an	O
open	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMLBeans	B-Language
is	O
now	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Apache	B-Language
POI	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
27	O
,	O
2003	O
:	O
BEA	O
announces	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
as	O
a	O
technology	O
preview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
24	O
,	O
2003	O
:	O
BEA	O
donates	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
where	O
it	O
joins	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Incubator	I-Application
Project	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
23	O
,	O
2004	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
Version	O
1.0.2	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
25	O
,	O
2004	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
graduated	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Incubator	I-Application
Project	I-Application
to	O
become	O
top	O
level	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
30	O
,	O
2005	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
Version	O
2.0	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
16	O
,	O
2005	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
Version	O
2.1	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
23	O
,	O
2006	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
Version	O
2.2	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
1	O
,	O
2007	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
Version	O
2.3	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
8	O
,	O
2008	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
Version	O
2.4	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
14	O
,	O
2009	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
Version	O
2.5	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
14	O
,	O
2012	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
Version	O
2.6	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
23	O
,	O
2014	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
was	O
officially	O
retired	O
and	O
active	O
development	O
was	O
ceased	O
temporarily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
29	O
,	O
2018	O
:	O
XMLBeans	B-Language
was	O
"	O
unretired	O
"	O
and	O
Apache	B-Language
POI	I-Language
took	O
over	O
active	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
