&quot;alex.loubyansky(a)jboss.com&quot; wrote : I used the example to show the idea of what can be possible/useful. Since, there is no difference in the current impl what the child is, i.e. whether it is CDATA, declared element or wildcard content. So, they can be treated the same way. No they can't, its not a wildcard. The @XmlChild from some other part of the group needs to replace the CDATA. The CDATA and subelements are mutually exclusive. You can't have | <key class="java.lang.Integer">12 | <list ...> | </key> | It doesn't make sense. :-) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4134775#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...