@Retention(value=RUNTIME) public @interface Persist
Persist annotation is used to mark a method that
requires a callback from the persister before serialization of
an object begins. If a method is marked with this annotation then
it will be invoked so that it can prepare the object for the
serialization process.
The persist method can be used to perform any preparation needed
before serialization. For example, should the object be a list
or table of sorts the persist method can be used to grab a lock
for the internal data structure. Such a scheme will ensure that
the object is serialized in a known state. The persist method
must be a no argument public method or a method that takes a
single Map argument, it may throw an exception to
terminate the serialization process if required.
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