/*
* Copyright 2012 Netflix, Inc.
*
* 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 com.netflix.discovery.provider;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
*
* An annotation that helps in specifying the custom serializer/de-serialization
* implementation for jersey.
*
* <p>
* Once the annotation is specified, a custom jersey provider invokes an
* instance of the class specified as the value and dispatches all objects that
* needs to be serialized/de-serialized to handle them as and only when it is
* responsible for handling those.
* </p>
*
* @author Karthik Ranganathan
*
*/
@Documented
@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Serializer {
String value() default "";
}