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package io.cucumber.datatable.dependency.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 that can be used to define a non-static
* method as a "setter" or "getter" for a logical property
* (depending on its signature),
* or non-static object field to be used (serialized, deserialized) as
* a logical property.
*
* Default value ("") indicates that the field name is used
* as the property name without any modifications, but it
* can be specified to non-empty value to specify different
* name. Property name refers to name used externally, as
* the field name in JSON objects.
*
* Starting with Jackson 2.6 this annotation may also be
* used to change serialization of Enum like so:
*
public enum MyEnum {
{@literal @JsonProperty}("theFirstValue") THE_FIRST_VALUE,
{@literal @JsonProperty}("another_value") ANOTHER_VALUE;
}
* as an alternative to using {@link JsonValue} annotation.
*/
@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@JacksonAnnotation
public @interface JsonProperty
{
/**
* Special value that indicates that handlers should use the default
* name (derived from method or field name) for property.
*
* @since 2.1
*/
public final static String USE_DEFAULT_NAME = "";
/**
* Marker value used to indicate that no index has been specified.
* Used as the default value as annotations do not allow "missing"
* values.
*
* @since 2.4
*/
public final static int INDEX_UNKNOWN = -1;
/**
* Defines name of the logical property, i.e. JSON object field
* name to use for the property. If value is empty String (which is the
* default), will try to use name of the field that is annotated.
* Note that there is
* no default name available for constructor arguments,
* meaning that
* Empty String is not a valid value for constructor arguments.
*/
String value() default USE_DEFAULT_NAME;
/**
* Property that indicates whether a value (which may be explicit
* null) is expected for property during deserialization or not.
* If expected, BeanDeserialized should indicate
* this as a validity problem (usually by throwing an exception,
* but this may be sent via problem handlers that can try to
* rectify the problem, for example, by supplying a default
* value).
*
* Note that as of 2.6, this property is only used for Creator
* Properties, to ensure existence of property value in JSON:
* for other properties (ones injected using a setter or mutable
* field), no validation is performed. Support for those cases
* may be added in future.
* State of this property is exposed via introspection, and its
* value is typically used by Schema generators, such as one for
* JSON Schema.
*
* @since 2.0
*/
boolean required() default false;
/**
* Property that indicates numerical index of this property (relative
* to other properties specified for the Object). This index
* is typically used by binary formats, but may also be useful
* for schema languages and other tools.
*
* @since 2.4
*/
int index() default INDEX_UNKNOWN;
/**
* Property that may be used to document expected default value
* for the property: most often used as source information for generating
* schemas (like JSON Schema or protobuf/thrift schema), or documentation.
* It may also be used by Jackson extension modules; core jackson databind
* does not have any automated handling beyond simply exposing this
* value through bean property introspection.
*
* It is possible that in future this annotation could be used for value
* defaulting, and especially for default values of Creator properties,
* since they support {@link #required()} in 2.6 and above.
*
* @since 2.5
*/
String defaultValue() default "";
/**
* Optional property that may be used to change the way visibility of
* accessors (getter, field-as-getter) and mutators (contructor parameter,
* setter, field-as-setter) is determined, either so that otherwise
* non-visible accessors (like private getters) may be used; or that
* otherwise visible accessors are ignored.
*
* Default value os {@link Access#AUTO} which means that access is determined
* solely based on visibility and other annotations.
*
* @since 2.6
*/
Access access() default Access.AUTO;
/**
* Various options for {@link #access} property, specifying how property
* may be accessed during serialization ("read") and deserialization ("write")
* (note that the direction of read and write is from perspective of the property,
* not from external data format: this may be confusing in some contexts).
*
* Note that while this annotation modifies access to annotated property,
* its effects may be further overridden by {@link JsonIgnore} property:
* if both annotations are present on an accessors, {@link JsonIgnore}
* has precedence over this property.
* This annotation property is, however, preferred over use of "split"
* {@link JsonIgnore}/JsonProperty combination.
*
* @since 2.6
*/
public enum Access
{
/**
* Access setting which means that visibility rules are to be used
* to automatically determine read- and/or write-access of this property.
*/
AUTO,
/**
* Access setting that means that the property may only be read for serialization,
* but not written (set) during deserialization.
*/
READ_ONLY,
/**
* Access setting that means that the property may only be written (set)
* for deserialization,
* but will not be read (get) on serialization, that is, the value of the property
* is not included in serialization.
*/
WRITE_ONLY,
/**
* Access setting that means that the property will be accessed for both
* serialization (writing out values as external representation)
* and deserialization (reading values from external representation),
* regardless of visibility rules.
*/
READ_WRITE
;
}
}