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The coolest XML library for Java around. Define typesafe views (projections) to xml. Use XPath to read and write XML. Bind XML to Java collections. Requires at least Java6, supports Java8 features and has no further runtime dependencies.

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/**
 *  Copyright 2012 Sven Ewald
 *
 *  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.xmlbeam.annotation;

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

/**
 * Define a projection function to delete elements or attributes.
 *
 * @author Sven Ewald
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface XBDelete {

    /**
     * XPath expression to select XML nodes to be deleted.
     *
     * @return XPath expression. (Can be omitted if your
     *         {@link org.xmlbeam.externalizer.Externalizer} implementation provides a path.)
     */
    String value() default "";
}