HandleUnknownAttributes.java

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package com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.datamodeling.encryption;

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

/**
 * Marker annotation that indicates that attributes found during unmarshalling
 * that are in the DynamoDB item but not modeled in the mapper model class
 * should be included in for decryption/signature verification. The default
 * behavior (without this annotation) is to ignore them, which can lead to 
 * signature verification failures when attributes are removed from model classes.
 * 
 * If this annotation is added to a class with @DoNotEncrypt, then the unknown
 * attributes will only be included in the signature calculation, and if it's
 * added to a class with default encryption behavior, the unknown attributes
 * will be signed and decrypted.
 * 
 * @author Dan Cavallaro 
 */
@Target(value = {ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface HandleUnknownAttributes {}