This tip shows you how to create XMLSchema datatypes direct from Java, using the javax.xml.datatype.* package. In this example you’ll create a Duration object (xs:duration in XMLSchema) and a XMLGregorianCalendar object (any date/time XMLSchema type).

import javax.xml.datatype.*;public class Datatype{   public static void main(String[] args)      {      DatatypeFactory DF=null;            //DatatypeFactory      try{         DF=DatatypeFactory.newInstance();         }catch(javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeConfigurationException e)            {System.err.println(e.getMessage());}      //XMLGregorianCalendar      XMLGregorianCalendar XMLGC=DF.newXMLGregorianCalendar                            (2010,DatatypeConstants.JANUARY,1,0,0,0,0,0);           //use of XMLGregorianCalendar.toXMLFormat method      System.out.println(XMLGC.toXMLFormat());           //Duration      Duration D=DF.newDuration(true,0,48,0,0,0,0);           //add the amount of time D to XMLGC      //apelam la metoda XMLGregorianCalendar.add      XMLGC.add(D);           //use of XMLGregorianCalendar.toXMLFormat method      System.out.println(XMLGC.toXMLFormat());      }}Output:2010-01-01T00:00:00.000Z2014-01-01T00:00:00.000Z