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package com.signalfx.shaded.fasterxml.jackson.annotation;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Annotation that can be used to define one or more alternative names for
* a property, accepted during deserialization as alternative to the official
* name. Alias information is also exposed during POJO introspection, but has
* no effect during serialization where primary name is always used.
*
* Examples:
*
*public class Info {
* @JsonAlias({ "n", "Name" })
* public String name;
*}
*
*
* NOTE: Order of alias declaration has no effect. All properties are assigned
* in the order they come from incoming JSON document. If same property is
* assigned more than once with different value, later will remain.
* For example, deserializing
*
* public class Person {
* @JsonAlias({ "name", "fullName" })
* public String name;
* }
*
* from
*
* { "fullName": "Faster Jackson", "name": "Jackson" }
*
* will have value "Jackson".
*
* Also, can be used with enums where incoming JSON properties may not match the defined
* enum values. For instance, if you have an enum called {@code Size} with values
* {@code SMALL}, {@code MEDIUM}, and {@code LARGE}, you can use this annotation
* to define alternate values for each enum value. This way, the deserialization
* process can map the incoming JSON values to the correct enum values.
*
Sample implementation:
*
public enum Size {
* @JsonAlias({ "small", "s", "S" })
* SMALL,
*
* @JsonAlias({ "medium", "m", "M" })
* MEDIUM,
*
* @JsonAlias({ "large", "l", "L" })
* LARGE
* }
*
* During deserialization, any of these JSON structures will be valid
* and correctly mapped to the MEDIUM enum value: {"size": "m"}, {"size": "medium"}, or {"size": "M"}.
* @since 2.9
*/
@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, // for combo-annotations
ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER// for properties (field, setter, ctor param)
})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@JacksonAnnotation
public @interface JsonAlias
{
/**
* One or more secondary names to accept as aliases to the official name.
*
* @return Zero or more aliases to associate with property annotated
*/
public String[] value() default { };
}