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package com.univocity.parsers.annotations;
import com.univocity.parsers.common.processor.*;
import com.univocity.parsers.conversions.*;
import java.lang.annotation.*;
/**
* Indicates the String value of a field must have some of its contents replaced using {@link RegexConversion}.
*
* Commonly used for java beans processed using {@link BeanProcessor} and/or {@link BeanWriterProcessor}
*
* @see Conversion
* @see Conversions
* @see BeanProcessor
* @see BeanWriterProcessor
*
* @author Univocity Software Pty Ltd - [email protected]
*
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Inherited
@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
public @interface Replace {
/**
* The regular expression to be executed against the String value of the annotated field
* @return the regular expression
*/
String expression();
/**
* The replacement string to substitute any contents matched by the given {@link Replace#expression()}
* @return the replacement string
*/
String replacement();
}