--- jaxb-ri/xjc/src/com/sun/tools/xjc/reader/xmlschema/SimpleTypeBuilder.java	2005-09-10 20:20:35.000000000 +0200
+++ jaxb-ri/xjc/src/com/sun/tools/xjc/reader/xmlschema/SimpleTypeBuilder.java-gil	2010-03-22 10:09:26.000000000 +0100
@@ -263,16 +263,16 @@
             int max=-1; // unbounded
             XSFacet length = originalType.getFacet("length");
             if(length!=null) {
-                int v = PositiveIntegerType.load(length.getValue()).intValue();
+                int v = PositiveIntegerType.load(length.getValue().toString()).intValue();
                 min = max = v;
             } else {
                 XSFacet minLength = originalType.getFacet("minLength");
                 if(minLength!=null) {
-                    min = PositiveIntegerType.load(minLength.getValue()).intValue();
+                    min = PositiveIntegerType.load(minLength.getValue().toString()).intValue();
                 }
                 XSFacet maxLength = originalType.getFacet("maxLength");
                 if(maxLength!=null) {
-                    String v = maxLength.getValue().trim();
+                    String v = maxLength.getValue().toString().trim();
                     if(v.equals("unbounded"))   max=-1;
                     else
                         max = PositiveIntegerType.load(v).intValue();