| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2014, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, |
| * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause |
| */ |
| |
| // Contributors: |
| // Martin Vojtek - July 7/2014 |
| package org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations; |
| |
| import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; |
| import java.lang.annotation.Retention; |
| import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; |
| import java.lang.annotation.Target; |
| |
| /** |
| * <b>Purpose:</b> Provide a means of setting nillable on type and package |
| * level, which is not possible with standard XmlElement annotation. |
| * <p> |
| * Type level annotation overrides package level annotation. |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * Standard XmlElement with nillable attribute overrides the value of |
| * XmlElementNillable annotation. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @see jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement |
| */ |
| @Target({ ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.PACKAGE }) |
| @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) |
| public @interface XmlElementNillable { |
| |
| /** |
| * (Optional) Customize the element declaration to be nillable. |
| * If nillable() is true, then the JavaBean property is mapped to a XML Schema nillable element declaration. |
| */ |
| boolean nillable() default true; |
| } |