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The AWS Java SDK for Amazon DynamoDB module holds the client classes that are used for communicating with Amazon DynamoDB Service

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/*
 * Copyright 2011-2016 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *    http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0
 *
 * This file is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
 * OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
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package com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.datamodeling;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Annotation to mark a property as using a custom marshaller. This is required
 * when storing anything other than {@link String}s, {@link Number}s, and
 * {@link Set}s of the same to DynamoDB. Any object that can be converted into a
 * String representation and vice versa can be saved in this manner. This
 * annotation can be applied to either the getter method or the class field for
 * the specific property. If the annotation is applied directly to the class
 * field, the corresponding getter and setter must be declared in the same
 * class.
 * 
 * @see DynamoDBMarshaller
 * @see JsonMarshaller
 */
@DynamoDB
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD})
public @interface DynamoDBMarshalling {

    /**
     * The class of the Marshaller that converts this property to and from a
     * String.
     */
    Class> marshallerClass();
}