Adapters in JAXB

Java XML Binding (aka JAXB) is part of
many applications since it provides a convenient API to
marshall/unmarshall Java to/from XML.
Like so many area, the devil is in the detail, like when one has to
unmarshall a JAXB-incompatible class. Such classes come across one’s
code for a variety of reasons: design, legacy, third-party… Suffice to
say that such a sand grain can be a blocker for…