@XmlRootElement(name="property")
public class Node {

    private long id;
    private String name;
    private List<Node> childs;

    public Node() {
    }

    Node(long id, String name) {
        this.id = id;
        this.name = name;
    }

    Node(long id, String name, List<Node> childs) {
        this.id = id;
        this.name = name;
        this.childs = childs;
    }

    @XmlAttribute
    public long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    @XmlAttribute
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public List<Node> getChilds() {
        return childs != null ? childs : Collections.emptyList();
    }

}

JAXBContext jaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(Node.class);
Unmarshaller jaxbUnmarshaller = jaxbContext.createUnmarshaller();
Node node = (Node)jaxbUnmarshaller.unmarshal(fXmlFile);

public interface Unmarshaller {
......
   public <T> JAXBElement<T> unmarshal( org.w3c.dom.Node node, Class<T> declaredType ) throws JAXBException;
.....
}