JAXB marshalling and unmarshalling

JAXBUtils.java

import javax.xml.bind.JAXB;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;

public class JAXBUtils
{
	/**
	 * Unmarshal an XML string
	 * @param xml     The XML string
	 * @param type    The JAXB class type.
	 * @return The unmarshalled object.
	 */
	public <T> T unmarshal(String xml, Class<T> type)
	{
		StringReader reader = new StringReader(xml);
		return javax.xml.bind.JAXB.unmarshal(reader, type);
	}

	/**
	 * Marshal an Object to XML.
	 * @param object    The object to marshal.
	 * @return The XML string representation of the object.
	 */
	public String marshal(Object object)
	{
		StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
		JAXB.marshal(object, stringWriter);
		return stringWriter.toString();
	}
}