This annotation must be placed on attributes to indicate that the
serializer generator should generate code to serialize their content. The attribute must be package-visible at least (can't be private).
Attributes:
| Attribute |
Type |
Default value |
Description |
| notNull |
boolean |
false |
If setting notNull to true, it
can indicate to the generator that the annotated Java reference is
never null. This can allow optimizations, by not having to write the
information that the reference is null or not. This is currently
checked only when serializing primitive wrappers, but custom attribute
serializers would also be able to benefit from it once custom attribute
serializers are implemented.
This value is ignored for Java primitives. |
| |
| sinceImplVersion |
int |
special |
This annotation can be
specified for attributes in Evolvable classes. It should indicate in
which version of the class hierarchy this attribute was introduced.
If
this attribute is specified, than it explicitly determines the pass in
which that attribute is written out. If this attribute is not
specified, then its value will be considered to be the class-level
sinceImplVersion value from the annotation (which may also be
inferred). This value is ignored for classes which don't implement
Evolvable. |
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