public class Person { private String name; private int age; public String toXml() { IBindingFactory bindingFactory; try { bindingFactory = BindingDirectory.getFactory(Person.class); IMarshallingContext mctx = bindingFactory.createMarshallingContext(); StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(); mctx.setOutput(writer); mctx.marshalDocument(this); return writer.toString(); } catch (JiBXException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }