2.4 JAXB-defined Packages and Their Functionality

JAXB provides the packages for using the functions. The following table gives an overview of APIs that are included in the packages defined in JAXB.

Table 2‒3: Overview of APIs included in the packages defined in JAXB
Package	An overview of APIs included in the packages
`javax.xml.bind`	APIs for runtime binding frameworks, such as Marshal and Unmarshal.
`javax.xml.bind.annotation`	APIs for customizing the mapping from a Java class to a schema document.
`javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters`	APIs for the adapter class used when any Java class is used in JAXB.
`javax.xml.bind.attachment`	APIs for performing Marshal and Unmarshal of the MIME-format binary data.
`javax.xml.bind.util`	APIs for the utilities of JAXB.

For details on the packages, see the Javadoc of JSR 222 The Java Architecture for XML Binding 2.2.