/* * Copyright 2012 Netflix, Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.netflix.discovery.provider; import java.lang.annotation.Documented; import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; import java.lang.annotation.Retention; import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; import java.lang.annotation.Target; /** * * An annotation that helps in specifying the custom serializer/de-serialization * implementation for jersey. * * <p> * Once the annotation is specified, a custom jersey provider invokes an * instance of the class specified as the value and dispatches all objects that * needs to be serialized/de-serialized to handle them as and only when it is * responsible for handling those. * </p> * * @author Karthik Ranganathan * */ @Documented @Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD}) @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) public @interface Serializer { String value() default ""; }