Error in jaxb2-maven-plugin XJB: The namespace of element 'bindings' must be from the schema namespace'

I am attempting to assign different name spaces to different xsd files and use jaxb2-maven plugin to build the artifacts defined by these xsd files.

Maven fails to generate the source with the following error: The namespace of element 'bindings' must be from the schema namespace, 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema'

Here is my configuration:

<jaxb:bindings 
xmlns:jaxb="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb 
                http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/jaxb/bindingschema_2_0.xsd"
version="2.1">

<jaxb:bindings schemaLocation="xsd/TheRequest.xsd" node="/xsd:schema">
    <jaxb:schemaBindings>
        <jaxb:package name="com.package.request" />
    </jaxb:schemaBindings>
</jaxb:bindings>

<jaxb:bindings schemaLocation="xsd/TheResponse.xsd" node="/xsd:schema">
    <jaxb:schemaBindings>
        <jaxb:package name="com.package.response" />
    </jaxb:schemaBindings>
</jaxb:bindings>

</jaxb:bindings>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsd:schema xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" 
targetNamespace="http://company.services.com" 
xmlns:tns="http://company.services.com" 
elementFormDefault="unqualified">

<xsd:complexType name="FindSomething">
    <xsd:sequence>
        <xsd:element name="TestMode" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
        <xsd:element name="Channel" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1"/>
        <xsd:element name="UserId" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1"/>
        <xsd:element name="Role" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
        <xsd:element name="Format" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
        <xsd:element name="OrgId" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1"/>
        <xsd:element name="TransactionId" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1"/>
        <xsd:element name="Timeout" type="xsd:long" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
        <xsd:element name="RequestSegments" type="tns:RequestSegments" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
        <xsd:element name="VerifyUserType" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
        <xsd:element name="VerifyUserAccess" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
        <xsd:element name="IncludeFamily" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
        <xsd:element name="AsOfDate" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
        <xsd:element name="ActiveOnly" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
        <xsd:element name="SearchType" type="xsd:string" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
        <xsd:element name="SearchCriteria" type="tns:SearchCriteria" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
        <xsd:element name="AccessPrivileges" type="tns:AccessPrivileges" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
    </xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType></xsd:schema>

I have tried with different forms of XML namespace directives. In Eclipse code completion, I can see the bindings XML schema as an option so I don't know why maven is returning this error.

Solution

The maven jaxb2 plugin is finding your binding file in its source path and assuming that it is an xsd file. You'll have to exclude it, either by moving it, updating your xsd/xjb source paths, or by adding an exclude filter.

The easiest option is probably to update the paths in the plugin config:

<configuration>
    <sources>
        <!-- only xsd files under here -->
        <source>src/main/xjb/xsd</source>
    </sources>
    <xjbSources>
        <!-- specify binding file explicitly -->
        <xjbSource>src/main/xjb/bindings.xjb</xjbSource>
    </xjbSources>
</configuration>

There's also a problem with your binding file: you'll need to map the namespace prefix you used in the node attribute. Add xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" to the root element.

The config options are detailed in the doc for the jaxb2:xjc goal.