# Serialization.java

    /*
     * Copyright (c) 2009, Rickard Öberg. All Rights Reserved.
     *
     * 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.qi4j.api.type;

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

    /**
     * Serialization options for Property intstances.
     * <p>
     * The {@code entry} type represents the explicit key=keyValue, value=valueValue. For JSON serialization;
     * </p>
     * <pre>
     *     [
     *         { "key1" : "value1" },
     *         { "key2" : "value2" }
     *     ]
     * </pre>
     * <p>
     * For XML serialization;
     * </p>
     * <pre>
     *     &lt;object&gt;
     *         &lt;
     *     &lt;/object&gt;
     * </pre>
     * <p>
     * The {@code object} type represents the explicit keyValue=valueValue.
     * </p>
     */
    @Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
    @Target( { ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD } )
    @Documented
    public @interface Serialization
    {
        Variant value();

        enum Variant
        {
            entry, object
        }
    }