--- old/src/share/jaxws_classes/com/sun/xml/internal/bind/v2/runtime/property/ListElementProperty.java	2013-04-04 15:27:26.852613073 +0200
+++ new/src/share/jaxws_classes/com/sun/xml/internal/bind/v2/runtime/property/ListElementProperty.java	2013-04-04 15:27:26.796613072 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
 import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.reflect.TransducedAccessor;
 import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.reflect.Accessor;
 import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.ChildLoader;
+import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.DefaultValueLoaderDecorator;
 import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.LeafPropertyLoader;
+import com.sun.xml.internal.bind.v2.runtime.unmarshaller.Loader;
 
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@
 final class ListElementProperty<BeanT,ListT,ItemT> extends ArrayProperty<BeanT,ListT,ItemT> {
 
     private final Name tagName;
+    private final String defaultValue;
+
     /**
      * Converts all the values to a list and back.
      */
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@
         RuntimeTypeRef ref = prop.getTypes().get(0);
 
         tagName = grammar.nameBuilder.createElementName(ref.getTagName());
+        defaultValue = ref.getDefaultValue();
 
         // transducer for each item
         Transducer xducer = ref.getTransducer();
@@ -81,7 +86,9 @@
     }
 
     public void buildChildElementUnmarshallers(UnmarshallerChain chain, QNameMap<ChildLoader> handlers) {
-        handlers.put(tagName, new ChildLoader(new LeafPropertyLoader(xacc),null));
+        Loader l = new LeafPropertyLoader(xacc);
+        l = new DefaultValueLoaderDecorator(l, defaultValue);
+        handlers.put(tagName, new ChildLoader(l,null));
     }
 
     @Override