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/*
* Transient.java June 2007
*
* Copyright (C) 2007, Niall Gallagher
*
* 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.
*
* 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.simpleframework.xml;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
/**
* The Transient annotation is an optional annotation
* that can be used within an XML class schema to mark a method or
* field as being transient, which indicates that it does not take
* part in serialization or deserialization. This is used only as
* a means to illustrate to the reader of your class that this has
* no impact on the XML representation of the object. Fields or
* methods annotated with this will be ignored, as will those that
* contain no XML annotations.
*
* @author Niall Gallagher
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Transient {
}