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package javax.xml.bind.annotation;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlJavaTypeAdapter;

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;

/**

 * Marks a property that refers to classes with {@link XmlElement}

 * or JAXBElement.

 *

 * <p>

 * Compared to an element property (property with {@link XmlElement}

 * annotation), a reference property has a different substitution semantics.

 * When a sub-class is assigned to a property, an element property produces

 * the same tag name with @xsi:type, whereas a reference property produces

 * a different tag name (the tag name that's on the the sub-class.)

 *

 * <p> This annotation can be used with the following annotations:

 * {@link XmlJavaTypeAdapter}, {@link XmlElementWrapper}.

 *

 * @author <ul><li>Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Sun Microsystems, Inc.</li><li>Sekhar Vajjhala, Sun Microsystems, Inc.</li></ul>

 *

 * @see XmlElementWrapper

 * @see XmlElementRef

 * @since 1.6, JAXB 2.0

 */

@Retention(RUNTIME)

@Target({FIELD,METHOD})

public @interface XmlElementRefs {

    XmlElementRef[] value();

}