name.pehl.piriti.commons.client

Annotation Type MapUpTo

@Documented
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value=TYPE)
public @interface MapUpTo

Annotation to limit the traversal of the type hirarchy on a POJO. When (de)serializing a POJO all of its properties and the properties of its superclasses are processed. Using this annotation you can specify up to which class the processing should occur.

Suppose you have the following class hirarchy:

 class Creature {}
 
 class Animal extends Creature {}
 
 class Mammal extends Animal {}
 
 @MapUpTo(Animal.class)
 class Dog extends Mammal
 {
     interface DogReader extends JsonReader<Dog> {}
     static final DogReader JSON = GWT.create(DogReader.class);
 }
 
 class Application implements EntryPoint
 {
     public void onModuleLoad()
     {
         String json = ...;
         Dog dog = Dog.JSON.read(json);
     }
 }
 

Then properties in Creature won't be processed.

Version:

$LastChangedRevision: 82 $

Author:

$LastChangedBy: harald.pehl $

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
Class<?>	value

Element Detail

value

public abstract Class<?> value

Default:

java.lang.Object.class