Java tutorial
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext; import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException; import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAttribute; import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement; @XmlRootElement public class Weird { private String value; @XmlAttribute(name = "value") private String svalue; public String getValue() { return value; } public void setValue(String value) { this.value = value; } public static void main(String[] args) throws JAXBException { Weird w = new Weird(); w.value = "foo"; w.svalue = "bar"; JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(Weird.class); context.createMarshaller().marshal(w, System.out); } }