Using Simple Framework to deserializing a simple XML in Java

So I'm trying to use the Simple Framework to deserialize a simple xml in java. My xml is a huge piece of data, of which I'm posting only the part thats causing me issues.

<item>
<title>Awesome Title</title>

<link>https://awesome_link</link>

<description>Awesome very very long
Description
</description>

<category domain="https://awesome_domain>Awesome Category 1</category>

<category domain="https://awesome_domain”>Awesome Category 2</category>

<category domain="https://awesome_domain”>Awesome Category 3</category>

<category domain="https://awesome_domain”>Awesome Category 4</category>

<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:57:50 GMT</pubDate>

<author>Awesome author</author>

<guid>Awesome GUID</guid>

<dc:date>Awesome Date</dc:date>

<clearspace:dateToText>3 hours, 35 minutes ago</clearspace:dateToText>

<clearspace:objectType>0</clearspace:objectType>

</item>

For the above, I have created a sample JAVA class called Item that looks something like this

@Root
public class Item {

    @Element
    private String title;

    @Element
    private String link;

    @Element
    private String description;

    // @ElementMap(entry = "category", key = "domain", attribute = true, inline
    // = true)
    // private Map<String, String> map;

    @ElementList(entry = "category", inline = true, type = String.class)
    private List<String> categoryList;

    @Element
    private String pubDate;

    @Element
    private String author;

    @Element
    private String guid;

    @Element
    private String date;

    @Element
    private String dateToText;

    @Element
    private String objectType;
}

But I am getting the following error

com.android.volley.VolleyError: Unable to satisfy @org.simpleframework.xml.ElementList(data=false, empty=true, entry=category, inline=true, name=, required=true, type=class java.lang.String) on field 'categoryList' private java.util.List com.xx.xx.Item.categoryList for class com.xx.xx.xx.Item at line 210

I've spent almost 2 hours now on this. Anyone has any idea as to what I am doing wrong? I also tried with an ElementMap as seen in the comment, but that didnt work either.