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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2011, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
 * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0,
 * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
 */

// Contributors:
//     Matt MacIvor - 2.5 - initial implementation
package org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Purpose: Used to define the boundaries for a marshal or unmarhsal
 * operation.
 *
 * @author mmacivor
 * @since EclipseLink 2.5
 */
@Target({TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface XmlNamedObjectGraph {
    /**
     * The name of this object graph. Defaults to the name of the class
     */
    String name();

    /**
     * The list of properties to be marshalled/unmarshalled for this graph.
     */
    XmlNamedAttributeNode[] attributeNodes();

    /**
     * Optional: a list of named subgraphs that are referenced
     * from the property entries.
     */
    XmlNamedSubgraph[] subgraphs() default {};

    /**
     * Optional: a list of named subgraphs for any subclasses
     * of this class.
     */
    XmlNamedSubgraph[] subclassSubgraphs() default {};
}