Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.io.StringReader; import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext; import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException; import javax.xml.bind.Unmarshaller; public class Main { /** * @param <T> * the type we want to convert the XML into * @param c * the class of the parameterized type * @param xml * the instance XML description * @return a deserialization of the XML into an object of type T of class * class <T> * @throws javax.xml.bind.JAXBException */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <T> T unmarshal(Class<T> c, String xml) throws JAXBException { T res; if (c == xml.getClass()) { res = (T) xml; } else { JAXBContext ctx = JAXBContext.newInstance(c); Unmarshaller marshaller = ctx.createUnmarshaller(); res = (T) marshaller.unmarshal(new StringReader(xml)); } return res; } }