Key.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2010 Google Inc.
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package com.google.api.client.util;

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

/**
 * Use this annotation to specify that a field is a data key, optionally providing the data key name
 * to use.
 * <p>
 * If the data key name is not specified, the default is the Java field's name. For example:
 * </p>
 *
 * <pre><code>
  public class A {

    // uses data key name of "dataKeyNameMatchesFieldName"
    @Key
    public String dataKeyNameMatchesFieldName;

    // uses data key name of "some_other_name"
    @Key("some_other_name")
    private String dataKeyNameIsOverriden;

    // not a data key
    private String notADataKey;
  }
 * </code></pre>
 *
 * @since 1.0
 * @author Yaniv Inbar
 */
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Key {

  /**
   * Override the data key name of the field or {@code "##default"} to use the Java field's name.
   */
  String value() default "##default";
}