HexBinaryAdapter (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.HexBinaryAdapter class
Date: 2026-06-25

javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters

## Class HexBinaryAdapter

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter<String,byte[]>
  - - javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.HexBinaryAdapter

-     public final class HexBinaryAdapter
      extends XmlAdapter<String,byte[]>

  `XmlAdapter` for `xs:hexBinary`.

  This `XmlAdapter` binds `byte[]` to the hexBinary representation in XML.

  Since:
    JAXB 2.0

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `HexBinaryAdapter()`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `String` | `marshal(byte[] bytes)` Convert a bound type to a value type.
    `byte[]` | `unmarshal(String s)` Convert a value type to a bound type.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### HexBinaryAdapter

          public HexBinaryAdapter()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### unmarshal

          public byte[] unmarshal(String s)

      Description copied from class: `XmlAdapter`
      Convert a value type to a bound type.
      Specified by:
        `unmarshal` in class `XmlAdapter<String,byte[]>`
      Parameters:
        `s` - The value to be converted. Can be null.

    - #### marshal

          public String marshal(byte[] bytes)

      Description copied from class: `XmlAdapter`
      Convert a bound type to a value type.
      Specified by:
        `marshal` in class `XmlAdapter<String,byte[]>`
      Parameters:
        `bytes` - The value to be convereted. Can be null.

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