java - Adding an Attribute to a JAXB Element -

i'm struggling jaxb parsing , need guidance.

essentially, i'm trying add attributes class variables have declared elements using @xmlelement. far, attempt use @xmlattribute sets attribute @ class level.

what i"m getting this:

<dataclass newattribute="test">   <myelement>i wish element had attribute</myelement>   <anotherelement>i wish element had attribute too</anotherelement> </dataclass> 

i'd to this:

<dataclass>   <myelement thisatt="this i'm talking about">this better</myelement>   <anotherelement thisatt="a different attribute here">so this</anotherelement> </dataclass> 

i've seen other posts add attribute single element using @xmlvalue, doesn't work when have elements, , won't work on multiple elements.

does have thought on how accomplished?

thanks! jason

this create xml:

public class jaxbattributes {     public static void main(string[] args) throws exception {         marshaller marshaller =             jaxbcontext.newinstance(dataclass.class).createmarshaller();         stringwriter stringwriter = new stringwriter();         dataclass dataclass = new dataclass(                new foo("this i'm talking about", "this better"),                new foo("a different attribute here", "so this"));         marshaller.marshal(dataclass, stringwriter);         system.out.println(stringwriter);     }      @xmlrootelement(name = "dataclass")     @xmltype(proporder = {"myelement", "anotherelement"})     static class dataclass {         private foo myelement;         private foo anotherelement;          dataclass() {}         public dataclass(foo myelement, foo anotherelement) {             this.myelement = myelement;             this.anotherelement = anotherelement;         }          public foo getmyelement() { return myelement; }         public void setmyelement(foo myelement) { this.myelement = myelement; }         public foo getanotherelement() { return anotherelement; }         public void setanotherelement(foo anotherelement) { this.anotherelement = anotherelement; }     }      static class foo {         private string thisatt;         private string value;          foo() {}         public foo(string thisatt, string value) {             this.thisatt = thisatt;             this.value = value;         }          @xmlattribute         public string getthisatt() { return thisatt; }         public void setthisatt(string thisatt) { this.thisatt = thisatt; }         @xmlvalue         public string getvalue() { return value; }         public void setvalue(string value) { this.value = value; }     } }