JAXB is a large and complex API. For 655, it should be possible to use only a very small subset of it, especially if you are using JAX-RS as well.

JAXB provides extensive support for mapping between Java classes and XML documents.

Resources

• JAXB 2.1.8 javadoc
• The menu service demo, whose Menu and MenuList classes carry JAXB annotations
• The Java homework test suite, whose Student and StudentList classes carry JAXB annotations
• JAXB is included in Java 1.6