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package flex.messaging.io;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * The SerializationProxy uses this descriptor to determine which fields and properties should be excluded from an object graph on an instance-by-instance basis. By default, all public instance
 * variables and properties will be serialized.
 * 
 * If excludes need to be specified for a complex child property, the property name is added to this dynamic descriptor and its value set to another descriptor with its own set of excludes.
 * 
 * The absence of excludes implies default serialization. The absence of a child property implies default serialization.
 * 
 * @see flex.messaging.io.PropertyProxy
 */
public class SerializationDescriptor extends HashMap
{
    static final long serialVersionUID = 1828426777611186569L;

    private List excludes;

    public SerializationDescriptor()
    {
        super();
    }

    public List getExcludesForInstance(Object instance)
    {
        return excludes;
    }

    /*
     * Deprecated in favor of getExcludesForInstance(instance).
     */
    public List getExcludes()
    {
        return excludes;
    }

    public void setExcludes(List excludes)
    {
        this.excludes = excludes;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString()
    {
        return "[ excludes: " + excludes + "]";
    }
}