001    /*
002      GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003      Copyright (C) 2011 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004    
005      This file is part of Granite Data Services.
006    
007      Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
008      it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
009      the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
010      option) any later version.
011    
012      Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
013      WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
014      FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License
015      for more details.
016    
017      You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
018      along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
019    */
020    
021    package org.granite.messaging.amf.io.util.externalizer.annotation;
022    
023    import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
024    import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
025    import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
026    import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
027    import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
028    import java.lang.annotation.Target;
029    
030    /**
031     * Tells the generator and externalizers to ignore a specific property of
032     * a bean. This annotation may only be used on class fields.
033     * <br><br>
034     * 
035     * Sample usage: <tt>@IgnoredProperty private String ignored;</tt>
036     * 
037     * @author Franck WOLFF
038     */
039    @Documented
040    @Inherited
041    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
042    @Target({ElementType.FIELD})
043    public @interface IgnoredProperty {
044    }