JacksonAnnotation.java

package com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Meta-annotation (annotations used on other annotations)
 * used for marking all annotations that are
 * part of Jackson package. Can be used for recognizing all
 * Jackson annotations generically, and in future also for
 * passing other generic annotation configuration.
 */
@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface JacksonAnnotation
{
    // for now, a pure tag annotation, no parameters
}