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package com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Marker annotation similar to
* {@link javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlValue}
* that indicates that results of the annotated "getter" method
* (which means signature must be that of getters; non-void return
* type, no args) is to be used as the single value to serialize
* for the instance. Usually value will be of a simple scalar type
* (String or Number), but it can be any serializable type (Collection,
* Map or Bean).
*
* At most one method of a Class can be annotated with this annotation;
* if more than one is found, an exception may be thrown.
* Also, if method signature is not compatible with Getters, an exception
* may be thrown (whether exception is thrown or not is an implementation detail (due
* to filtering during introspection, some annotations may be skipped)
* and applications should not rely on specific behavior).
*
* A typical usage is that of annotating toString()
* method so that returned String value is used as the JSON serialization;
* and if deserialization is needed, there is matching constructor
* or factory method annotated with {@link JsonCreator} annotation.
*
* Boolean argument is only used so that sub-classes can "disable"
* annotation if necessary.
*
* NOTE: when use for Java enums, one additional feature is
* that value returned by annotated method is also considered to be the
* value to deserialize from, not just JSON String to serialize as.
* This is possible since set of Enum values is constant and it is possible
* to define mapping, but can not be done in general for POJO types; as such,
* this is not used for POJO deserialization.
*/
@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@JacksonAnnotation
public @interface JsonValue
{
/**
* Optional argument that defines whether this annotation is active
* or not. The only use for value 'false' if for overriding purposes.
* Overriding may be necessary when used
* with "mix-in annotations" (aka "annotation overrides").
* For most cases, however, default value of "true" is just fine
* and should be omitted.
*/
boolean value() default true;
}