HyperJAXB and ID/IDREF

Question

Has there been any update on using IDs and IDREFs for JAXB 2.x in HyperJAXB3? HyperJAXB and IDREFs

I've added a baseType binding to my IDREF element and the correct type is generated on the owner object, but the resulting class does not compile, as the unmarshal operation returns an Object.

    public void setCustomerObject(String target) {
        if (target!= null) {
            setCustomer(JAXBContextUtils.unmarshal(CustomerObjectContextPath, target));
        }
    }

The reason I want to use IDREFs is to avoid circular references in my WSDL, so if there is another solution or a less manual one, please let me know.