Package javax.xml.bind.annotation
Annotation Type XmlSeeAlso
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@Target(TYPE) @Retention(RUNTIME) public @interface XmlSeeAlsoInstructs JAXB to also bind other classes when binding this class.Java makes it impractical/impossible to list all sub-classes of a given class. This often gets in a way of JAXB users, as it JAXB cannot automatically list up the classes that need to be known to
JAXBContext.For example, with the following class definitions:
class Animal {} class Dog extends Animal {} class Cat extends Animal {}The user would be required to create
JAXBContextasJAXBContext.newInstance(Dog.class,Cat.class)(Animalwill be automatically picked up sinceDogandCatrefers to it.)XmlSeeAlsoannotation would allow you to write:@XmlSeeAlso({Dog.class,Cat.class}) class Animal {} class Dog extends Animal {} class Cat extends Animal {}This would allow you to do
JAXBContext.newInstance(Animal.class). By the help of this annotation, JAXB implementations will be able to correctly bindDogandCat.- Author:
- Kohsuke Kawaguchi
- Since:
- 1.6, JAXB 2.1
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Required Element Summary
Required Elements Modifier and Type Required Element Description java.lang.Class[]value
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