com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations.XStreamAlias Maven / Gradle / Ivy
/*
* Copyright (C) 2005 Joe Walnes.
* Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2013 XStream Committers.
* All rights reserved.
*
* The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD
* style license a copy of which has been included with this distribution in
* the LICENSE.txt file.
*
* Created on 11. August 2005 by Mauro Talevi
*/
package com.thoughtworks.xstream.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Annotation used to define an XStream class or field alias.
*
* @author Emil Kirschner
* @author Chung-Onn Cheong
* @see com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream#alias(String, Class)
* @see com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream#alias(String, Class, Class)
* @see com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream#addDefaultImplementation(Class, Class)
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.FIELD})
public @interface XStreamAlias {
/**
* The name of the class or field alias.
*/
public String value();
/**
* A possible default implementation if the annotated type is an interface.
*/
public Class impl() default Void.class; //Use Void to denote as Null
}