foundation/org.eclipse.persistence.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/persistence/oxm/annotations/XmlDiscriminatorValue.java

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 *
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 * 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:
// dmccann - August 25/2009 - 2.2 - Initial implementation
package org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * The XmlDiscriminatorValue annotation is used to specify the class indicator for a
 * given type when using inheritance.
 */
@Target({TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface XmlDiscriminatorValue {
    /**
     * (Required) Indicates the class indicator for a given Type.
     */
    String value();
}