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/**
 * Open SUIT - Simple User Interface Toolkit
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2009 France Telecom, http://www.francetelecom.com/
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
package org.ow2.opensuit.xmlmap.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;

/**
 * Defines a (vector type) field that is mapped to multiple XML children elements.
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
public @interface XmlChildren
{
	/**
	 * The bound XML attribute name.
	 * If not specified, uses the field name.
	 */
	String name() default "*";
	/**
	 * Specifies the minimum expected occurrences for this mapping
	 */
	int minOccurs() default 1;
	/**
	 * Specifies the maximum expected occurrences for this mapping
	 */
	int maxOccurs() default Integer.MAX_VALUE;
	/**
	 * Determines whether this XML element is a direct descendant, 
	 * or included in an intermediate element. 
	 */
	boolean direct() default false;
}