foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/persistence/annotations/WriteTransformers.java

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// Contributors:
//     Andrei Ilitchev (Oracle), March 7, 2008
//        - New file introduced for bug 211300.
package org.eclipse.persistence.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * An optional annotation for org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.TransformationMapping.
 * A single WriteTransformer may be specified directly on the method or field,
 * multiple WriteTransformers should be wrapped into WriteTransformers annotation.
 * No WriteTransformers specified for read-only mapping.
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.Transformation
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.ReadTransformer
 * @see org.eclipse.persistence.annotations.WriteTransformer
 *
 * Transformation can be specified within an Entity, MappedSuperclass
 * and Embeddable class.
 *
 * @author Andrei Ilitchev
 * @since EclipseLink 1.0
 */
@Target({METHOD, FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface WriteTransformers {
    WriteTransformer[] value();
}