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package jakarta.xml.bind.annotation;
import jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlJavaTypeAdapter;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
/**
* Marks a property that refers to classes with {@link XmlElement}
* or JAXBElement.
*
*
* Compared to an element property (property with {@link XmlElement}
* annotation), a reference property has a different substitution semantics.
* When a sub-class is assigned to a property, an element property produces
* the same tag name with @xsi:type, whereas a reference property produces
* a different tag name (the tag name that's on the the sub-class.)
*
*
This annotation can be used with the following annotations:
* {@link XmlJavaTypeAdapter}, {@link XmlElementWrapper}.
*
* @author
- Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
- Sekhar Vajjhala, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
*
* @see XmlElementWrapper
* @see XmlElementRef
* @since 1.6, JAXB 2.0
*/
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target({FIELD,METHOD})
public @interface XmlElementRefs {
XmlElementRef[] value();
}