There is a new PersistenceService for XMBeans, along with an XML-based AttributePersistenceManager implementation, in the upcoming 3.2.6 and 4.0.0 versions.
Use by choosing any persistencePolicy and the DelegatingPersistenceManager in your XMBean deployment descriptor, e.g.:
<descriptors>
<persistence persistPolicy="OnUpdate"/>
<persistence-manager value="org.jboss.mx.persistence.DelegatingPersistenceManager"/>
</descriptors>
The produced persisted images will be stored as XML files, by default at:
./data/xmbean-attrs.
Details can be found at:
http://www.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=XMBeanAttributePersistenceService
Cheers
/Dimitris
