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I would like to marshal a Map<String, MyClass> into a List<MyClass>. In this example, Property.java is a custom class that I have defined.

public class Root {
    private Map<String, Property> properties = new HashMap<String, Property>();
}

I know how to get to this point:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
    <properties>
        <property name="A">a</property>
        <property name="B">b</property>
    </properties>
</root>

This solution is described in Blaise Doughan's answer: http://ift.tt/1ofOL5D But this is not quite what I need. This is what I need to get after marshalling (notice the <properties> wrapper tag missing):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
    <property name="A">a</property>
    <property name="B">b</property>
</root>

I did my research and I realize that my use case is a more specific version of a general problem described in these threads:

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  JAXB @XmlAdapter: Map -> List adapter? (marshall only)

  
  


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  JAXB @XmlJavaTypeAdapter usage

  
  

Any help is greatly appreciated!