XmlEnum (Java Platform SE 6) (original) (raw)

javax.xml.bind.annotation

Annotation Type XmlEnum

@Retention(value=RUNTIME) @Target(value=TYPE) public @interface XmlEnum

Maps an enum type Enum to XML representation.

This annotation, together with XmlEnumValue provides a mapping of enum type to XML representation.

Usage

The @XmlEnum annotation can be used with the following program elements:

enum type

The usage is subject to the following constraints:

This annotation can be used the following other annotations: XmlType,XmlRootElement

See "Package Specification" in javax.xml.bind.package javadoc for additional common information

An enum type is mapped to a schema simple type with enumeration facets. The schema type is derived from the Java type to which @XmlEnum.value(). Each enum constant @XmlEnumValue must have a valid lexical representation for the type @XmlEnum.value() .

Examples: See examples in XmlEnumValue

Since:

JAXB2.0

Optional Element Summary
Class<?>	value Java type that is mapped to a XML simple type.

value

public abstract Class<?> value

Java type that is mapped to a XML simple type.

Default:

java.lang.String.class

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