Alias.java

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package org.apache.ibatis.type;

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

/**
 * @author Clinton Begin
 */
/**
 * 别名
 * 2种方式可以注册别名
 *     1)xml方式
 * <typeAlias alias="Author" type="domain.blog.Author"/>
 *     2)annotation方式
 * @Alias("author")
 * public class Author {
 *   ...
 * }
 *
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
public @interface Alias {
  public String value();
}