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    <title>Overview</title>

    <para>The <trademark>Java</trademark> Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB)
    provides an API and tools that automate the mapping between XML documents
    and Java objects.</para>

    <para>The JAXB framework enables developers to perform the following
    operations:</para>

    <itemizedlist>
        <listitem>
            <para><emphasis role="bold">Unmarshal</emphasis> XML content into
            a Java representation</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para><emphasis role="bold">Access</emphasis> and <emphasis
            role="bold">update</emphasis> the Java representation</para>
        </listitem>

        <listitem>
            <para><emphasis role="bold">Marshal</emphasis> the Java
            representation of the XML content into XML content</para>
        </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para>JAXB gives Java developers an efficient and standard way of mapping
    between XML and Java code. Java developers using JAXB are more productive
    because they can write less code themselves and do not have to be experts
    in XML. JAXB makes it easier for developers to extend their applications
    with XML and Web Services technologies.</para>

    <section xml:id="documentation">
        <title>Documentation</title>

        <para>Documentation for this release consists of the following:</para>

        <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
                <para><xref linkend="jaxb-2-0-release-notes"
                xrefstyle="select:title" /></para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
                <para>Running the binding compiler (XJC): [<xref
                linkend="tools-xjc" xrefstyle="select:title" />, <xref
                linkend="tools-xjc-ant-task"
                xrefstyle="select:title" />]</para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
                <para>Running the schema generator (schemagen): [<xref
                linkend="tools-schemagen" xrefstyle="select:title" />, <xref
                linkend="tools-schemagen-ant-task"
                xrefstyle="select:title" />]</para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
                <para><xref linkend="users-guide"
                xrefstyle="select:title" /></para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
                <para><link
                xlink:href="api/">Javadoc
                API documentation (javax.xml.bind.*)</link></para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
                <para><xref linkend="jaxb-2-0-sample-apps"
                xrefstyle="select:title" /></para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
                <para>JAXB FAQs [<xref linkend="faq"
                xrefstyle="select:title" />, <link
                xlink:href="http://java.sun.com/xml/jaxb/faq.html">java.sun.com</link>]</para>
            </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
    </section>

    <section xml:id="license">
        <title>Software Licenses</title>

        <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
                <para>2013 Oracle Corporation
                and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.</para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
                <para>The JAXB RI &jaxb.release.impl.version;&jaxb.release.impl.version.suffix; Release is covered
                under the <link xlink:href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php">terms
                        of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0
                        </link></para>
            </listitem>

            <listitem>
                <para>Additional copyright notices and license terms
                applicable to portions of the software are set forth in the
                <link xlink:href="NOTICE.md">3rd Party
                License README</link></para>
            </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
    </section>

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