com.google.gson.annotations.Since Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package com.google.gson.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* An annotation that indicates the version number since a member or a type has been present.
* This annotation is useful to manage versioning of your Json classes for a web-service.
*
*
* This annotation has no effect unless you build {@link com.google.gson.Gson} with a
* {@link com.google.gson.GsonBuilder} and invoke
* {@link com.google.gson.GsonBuilder#setVersion(double)} method.
*
*
Here is an example of how this annotation is meant to be used:
*
* public class User {
* private String firstName;
* private String lastName;
* @Since(1.0) private String emailAddress;
* @Since(1.0) private String password;
* @Since(1.1) private Address address;
* }
*
*
* If you created Gson with {@code new Gson()}, the {@code toJson()} and {@code fromJson()}
* methods will use all the fields for serialization and deserialization. However, if you created
* Gson with {@code Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setVersion(1.0).create()} then the
* {@code toJson()} and {@code fromJson()} methods of Gson will exclude the {@code address} field
* since it's version number is set to {@code 1.1}.
*
* @author Inderjeet Singh
* @author Joel Leitch
*/
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.TYPE})
public @interface Since {
/**
* the value indicating a version number since this member
* or type has been present.
*/
double value();
}