8.3. Using JAXB from Maven

If you are using Maven 2 as your build system, you can declare the following dependencies in your POM for using the JAXB RI. Replace the version with the version of your choice.

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
  <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
  <version>2.1.8</version>
</dependency>

This artifact is available in the java.net Maven repository, so you also need the following <repository> declaration in your POM:

<repository>
  <id>java.net</id>
  <url>http://download.java.net/maven/1</url>
  <layout>legacy</layout>
</repository>

For a list of available artifacts and versions, see this. In addition to the runtime jar, XJC is available under the artifact Id "jaxb-xjc".

You can also invoke XJC through a Maven plugin by using the Maven2 JAXB 2.x plugin.