/*
* Copyright 2014 Ruediger Moeller.
*
* 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 org.nustaq.serialization.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* applicable to non native fields. if a conditional callback is set on the FSTObjectInput, the callback
* will be called before the object referenced by the annotated field is decoded. Allows to skip decoding of
* objects partially to save CPU.
*
* WARNING: can be used for unshared (cycle free) Objects only. In addition all classes contained in the
* skipped subgraph need to be preregistered. So applicable rarely. See git issue #75
*
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
public @interface Conditional {
}