question: gets the value of the contentxmlorfieldorhelp property . this accessor method returns a reference to the live list , not a snapshot . therefore any modification you make to the returned list will be present inside the jaxb object . this is why there is not a set method for the contentxmlorfieldorhelp property . for example , to add a new item , do as follows : getcontentxmlorfieldorhelp . add newitem ; objects of the following type s are allowed in the list jaxbelement param jaxbelement jaxbelement idparam idparamlist viewer editor field contentlist outputtemplates contentxml layout concode_field_sep String layoutClass concode_elem_sep String contentListWrapper concode_elem_sep String name concode_elem_sep Boolean systemTemplate concode_elem_sep String label concode_elem_sep List<Object> contentXmlOrFieldOrHelp concode_field_sep void setName concode_elem_sep String getContentListWrapper concode_elem_sep void setContentListWrapper concode_elem_sep String getLabel concode_elem_sep String getName concode_elem_sep void setSystemTemplate concode_elem_sep String getLayoutClass concode_elem_sep Boolean isSystemTemplate concode_elem_sep void setLabel concode_elem_sep void setLayoutClass
target: List < Object > function ( ) { if ( contentXmlOrFieldOrHelp == null ) { contentXmlOrFieldOrHelp = new ArrayList < Object > ( ) ; } return this . contentXmlOrFieldOrHelp ; }