Jim Ma [http://community.jboss.org/people/jim.ma] replied to the discussion "wsconsume generates JAXBelement<String> instead of just String for xs:string" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/542986#542986 -------------------------------------------------------------- Do you really need the  maxOccurs="unbounded" in the  <sequence  minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded"> ?   This attribute makes JAXB  generate the JAXBElement list . If the maxOccurs="unbounded" is what you have to define, then you can try to create another type element for the begin and end  sequence to see if this will resolve your problem . -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/542986#542986] Start a new discussion in JBoss Web Services at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]