Jackson XML Annotations: String element with attribute

You should use JacksonXmlText annotation for value field.

public class Element2 {    @JacksonXmlProperty(isAttribute = true)    private String ns = "yyy";    @JacksonXmlText    private String value;    public String getValue() {        return value;    }    public void setValue(String value) {        this.value = value;    }}  

then XML will looks like

<Root>    <Element1 ns="xxx">        <Element2 ns="yyy">A String</Element2>    </Element1></Root>

For Kotlin, you need to use @field annotation use-site targets:

data class Element2(        @field:JacksonXmlProperty(isAttribute = true)        val ns: String = "yyy",        @field:JacksonXmlText        val value: String? = null)

If you don't like defining initial values for ns and value properties by yourself then use Kotlin no-args plugin, which generates a default constructor instead.

Unfortunately I'm unable to comment but I did want to make a note about flyingAssistant's answer in case anyone else ran into the same issue I was having. You can't add @JacksonXmlText to a constructor property. This feature may be added in build 2.13 based off of this issue reported in the GitHub repo.So for now you'll have to do this

data class Element2(@field:JacksonXmlProperty(isAttribute = true) val ns: String = "yyy") {    @field:JacksonXmlText    val value: String? = null}