001/*
002 * Transient.java June 2007
003 *
004 * Copyright (C) 2007, Niall Gallagher <niallg@users.sf.net>
005 *
006 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
007 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
008 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
009 *
010 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
011 *
012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
013 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
014 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 
015 * implied. See the License for the specific language governing 
016 * permissions and limitations under the License.
017 */
018
019package org.simpleframework.xml;
020
021import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
022import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
023
024/**
025 * The <code>Transient</code> annotation is an optional annotation 
026 * that can be used within an XML class schema to mark a method or
027 * field as being transient, which indicates that it does not take
028 * part in serialization or deserialization. This is particularly
029 * useful when the <code>Default</code> annotation is applied to 
030 * a class, as it indicates no default serialization is to be used.
031 * 
032 * @author Niall Gallagher
033 * 
034 * @see org.simpleframework.xml.Default
035 */
036@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
037public @interface Transient {        
038}