jaxb

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17802_01/webservices/webservices/docs/1.5/tutorial/doc/JAXBUsing.html
With JAXB you can:
Generate JAXB Java classes from an XML schema
Use schema-derived JAXB classes to unmarshal and marshal XML content in a Java application
Create a Java content tree from scratch using schema-derived JAXB classes
Validate XML content during unmarshalling and at runtime
Customize JAXB schema-to-Java bindings

XSD data types

http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/5/tutorial/doc/bnazq.html

XSD type	Java type
xsd:string	java.lang.String
xsd:integer	java.math.BigInteger
xsd:int	int
xsd.long	long
xsd:short	short
xsd:decimal	java.math.BigDecimal
xsd:float	float
xsd:double	double
xsd:boolean	boolean
xsd:byte	byte
xsd:QName	javax.xml.namespace.QName
xsd:dateTime	javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar
xsd:base64Binary	byte[]
xsd:hexBinary	byte[]
xsd:unsignedInt	long
xsd:unsignedShort	int
xsd:unsignedByte	short
xsd:time	javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar
xsd:date	javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar
xsd:g	javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar
xsd:anySimpleType	java.lang.Object
xsd:anySimpleType	java.lang.String
xsd:duration	javax.xml.datatype.Duration
xsd:NOTATION	javax.xml.namespace.QName

xjc command generation example

cd /tmp
mkdir -p xjctest/xsd
cd xjctest

nano simple.xjb

   1 <jaxb:bindings xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
   2            xmlns:jaxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
   3            xmlns:xjc="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/xjc"
   4            jaxb:extensionBindingPrefixes="xjc"
   5            jaxb:version="2.0">
   6   <jaxb:globalBindings generateValueClass="true">
   7     <xjc:simple />
   8     <xjc:serializable uid="12343"/> <!-- marks generated class as Serializable-->
   9     <jaxb:javaType name="java.util.Calendar" xmlType="xs:dateTime"
  10       parseMethod="javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.parseDateTime"
  11       printMethod="javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.printDateTime" />
  12   </jaxb:globalBindings>
  13 </jaxb:bindings>

nano xsd/test.xsd

   1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>                                                                                                      
   2 <xs:schema version="1.0" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">                                                                                        
   3   <xs:element name="test" type="Test"/>                                                                                                                      
   4   <xs:complexType name="Test">                                                                                                                               
   5     <xs:sequence>                                                                                                                                            
   6       <xs:element name="name" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
   7       <xs:element name="birthDate" type="xs:dateTime" minOccurs="0"/>
   8       <xs:element name="dummyInt" type="xs:int" minOccurs="0"/>
   9     </xs:sequence>
  10   </xs:complexType>
  11 </xs:schema>

Run command

xjc xsd/test.xsd -b simple.xjb -extension -npa

parsing a schema...
compiling a schema...
generated/ObjectFactory.java
generated/Test.java
org/w3/_2001/xmlschema/Adapter1.java

To generate a proper Date it might be necessary to use an adapter for xjb.

Generate Java classes with Maven, xjc and XSD

mkdir -p /tmp/xjctest/src/main/resources

nano pom.xml

   1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   2 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" 
   3 xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
   4 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 
   5 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   6   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   7   <groupId>org.allowed.bitarus</groupId>
   8   <artifactId>xjctest</artifactId>
   9   <version>0.1.0</version>
  10     <build>
  11         <plugins>
  12             <plugin>
  13                 <groupId>org.jvnet.jaxb2.maven2</groupId>
  14                 <artifactId>maven-jaxb2-plugin</artifactId>
  15                 <version>0.11.0</version>
  16                 <executions>
  17                     <execution>
  18                         <goals>
  19                             <goal>generate</goal>
  20                         </goals>                        
  21                     </execution>
  22                 </executions>
  23                 <configuration>
  24                         <schemaDirectory>src/main/resources</schemaDirectory>
  25                         <schemaIncludes>
  26                             <include>*.xsd</include>
  27                         </schemaIncludes>
  28                         <bindingDirectory>src/main/resources</bindingDirectory>
  29                         <bindingIncludes>
  30                             <include>*.xjb</include>
  31                         </bindingIncludes>                   
  32                 </configuration>
  33             </plugin>
  34         </plugins>
  35     </build>
  36 </project>

Copy test.xsd and and simple.xjb to /tmp/xjctest/src/main/resources
run mvn clean install
The source code is created in /tmp/xjctest/target/generated-sources/xjc/