JAXB: unmarshalling xml with multiple names for the same element
This corresponds to a choice structure. You could use an @XmlElements annotation for this use case:
@XmlElements({ @XmlElement(name="director", type=Employee.class), @XmlElement(name="manager", type=Employee.class)})List<Employee> getEmployees() { return employees;}If you are starting from an XML schema the following will help: