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* SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
*/
// Contributors:
// dmccann - November 29/2010 - 2.3 - Initial implementation
package org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* XmlElementsJoinNodes is used in conjunction with {@code XmlElements} in order to specify the key references for the
* targets of the XmlElements annotation. There must be one XmlJoinNodes for each XmlElement This is similar to using {@code XmlIDREF}
* with {@code XmlElements} but allows customisation of the xpath for the source keys and allows for composite key
* relationships.
*
* <p><b>Example:</b></p>
* <pre>
* &#64;XmlRootElement
* public class Client {
*
* ...
*
* &#64;XmlElements({
* &#64;XmlElement(name="mail", type=Address.class),
* &#64;XmlElement(name="phone", type=PhoneNumber.class)
* })
* &#64;XmlElementsJoinNodes({
* &#64;XmlJoinNodes({
* &#64;XmlJoinNode(xmlPath="mail/@id", referencedXmlPath="@aid"),
* &#64;XmlJoinNode(xmlPath="mail/type/text()", referencedXmlPath="@type")
* }),
* &#64;XmlJoinNodes({
* &#64;XmlJoinNode(xmlPath="phone/@id", referencedXmlPath="@pid"),
* &#64;XmlJoinNode(xmlPath="phone/type/text()", referencedXmlPath="@type")
* })
* })
* public Object preferredContactMethod;
* </pre>
*
* @see XmlJoinNodes
* @see XmlJoinNode
* @see jakarta.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElements XmlElements
* @see XmlKey
*/
@Target({METHOD, FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface XmlElementsJoinNodes {
XmlJoinNodes[] value();
}