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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2011, 2020 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:
// dmccann - September 14/2010 - 2.2 - Initial implementation
package org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
 * XmlJoinNode is used in conjunction with {@code XmlKey} to specify a reference mapping. This is similar
 * to XmlID and XmlIDREF but allows for keys that are of types other than ID. When used with {@code XmlJoinNodes} can
 * be used to allow composite keys. The referencedXmlPath must match the xpath of a field on the target class that has
 * been annotated with either XmlID or XmlKey.
 *
 * 
Example:
 * 
 * @XmlRootElement
 * @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
 * public class Employee {
 *
 *     @XmlKey
 *     public String id;
 *
 *     public String department;
 *
       @XmlJoinNode(xmlPath="manager/id/text()", referencedXmlPath="id/text()")
 *     public Employee manager;
 * }
 * 
 * @see XmlKey
 * @see XmlJoinNodes
 */
@Target({METHOD, FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface XmlJoinNode {
    String xmlPath();
    String referencedXmlPath();
}