How to use

org.dmg.pmml.pmml_4_2.descr.Characteristic

constructor

 @XmlRegistry
public class ObjectFactory {

  @XmlElementDecl(name = "characteristic")
  public JAXBElement<String> createCharacteristic(String value) {
    return new Characteristic(value);
  }

}

/**
 * Create an instance of {@link Characteristic }
 * 
 */
public Characteristic createCharacteristic() {
  return new Characteristic();
}

Characteristic c1 = new Characteristic("Description"); // Using constructor with one String.

 Characteristic client1 = new Characteristic("Dark Hair", 7);
Characteristic client2 = new Characteristic("Dark Hair", 4);
Characteristic client3 = new Characteristic("Light Hair", 6);
client1.getCompatability(client2); // Returns non-zero compatability since descriptions are the same
client1.getCompatability(client3); // Returns zero compatability since descriptions are different
client2.getCompatability(client3); // Returns zero compatability since descriptions are different

 @Test
public void marshallsDynamicElementName() throws JAXBException {
  JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(ObjectFactory.class);
  final Characteristics characteristics = new Characteristics();
  final Characteristic characteristic = new Characteristic(
      "store_capacity", "40");
  characteristics.getCharacteristics().add(characteristic);
  context.createMarshaller().marshal(characteristics, System.out);
}

public Characteristic unmarshal(Object v) throws Exception {
  Element element = (Element) v;
  Characteristic characteristic = new Characteristic();
  characteristic.characteristic = element.getLocalName();
  characteristic.value = element.getTextContent();

  private void checkCharacteristics(PMML pmml) {
    if (pmml != null
        && pmml.getAssociationModelsAndBaselineModelsAndClusteringModels() != null
        && !pmml.getAssociationModelsAndBaselineModelsAndClusteringModels().isEmpty()) {
      for (Serializable s : pmml.getAssociationModelsAndBaselineModelsAndClusteringModels()) {
        if (s instanceof Scorecard) {
          Scorecard scard = (Scorecard) s;
          if (scard.getExtensionsAndCharacteristicsAndMiningSchemas() != null
              && !scard.getExtensionsAndCharacteristicsAndMiningSchemas().isEmpty()) {
            for (Serializable sz : scard.getExtensionsAndCharacteristicsAndMiningSchemas()) {
              if (sz instanceof Characteristics) {
                Characteristics characteristics = (Characteristics) sz;
                if (characteristics.getCharacteristics() == null
                    || characteristics.getCharacteristics().isEmpty()) {
                  Characteristic ch = new Characteristic();
                  ch.setBaselineScore(0.0);
                  ch.setName("placeholder");
                  Attribute attr = new Attribute();
                  attr.setFalse(new False());
                  ch.getAttributes().add(attr);
                  characteristics.getCharacteristics().add(ch);
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

_characteristic = new Characteristic();
characteristics.getCharacteristics().add(_characteristic);
addExpectation(currentRowCtr + 1, currentColCtr, "name", _characteristic, "Characteristic (Property) Display Name is missing.");

final Characteristic _characteristic = new Characteristic();
characteristics.getCharacteristics().add(_characteristic);