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/*
* Resolve.java June 2007
*
* Copyright (C) 2007, Niall Gallagher
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
* implied. See the License for the specific language governing
* permissions and limitations under the License.
*/
package org.simpleframework.xml.core;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
/**
* The Resolve
method is used to resolve an object that
* has been deserialized from the XML document. This is used when the
* deserialized object whats to provide a substitute to itself within
* the object graph. This is particularly useful when an object is
* used to reference an external XML document, as it allows that XML
* document to be deserialized in to a new object instance.
*
* This is similar to the readResolve
method used within
* Java Object Serialization in that it is used to create a object to
* plug in to the object graph after it has been fully deserialized.
* Care should be taken when using this annotation as the object that
* is returned from the resolve method must match the field type such
* that the resolved object is an assignable substitute.
*
* @author Niall Gallagher
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Resolve {
}