EnablePdx.java

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package org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation;

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

/**
 * The EnablePdx annotation marks a Spring {@link org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration @Configuration}
 * annotated class to enable the GemFire PDX features and functionality in a GemFire server/data node
 * or GemFire cache client application.
 *
 * @author John Blum
 * @since 1.9.0
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Inherited
@Documented
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
public @interface EnablePdx {

	/**
	 * Configures the disk store that is used for PDX meta data.
	 */
	String diskStoreName() default "";

	/**
	 * Configures whether pdx ignores fields that were unread during deserialization.
	 *
	 * Default is {@literal false}.
	 */
	boolean ignoreUnreadFields() default false;

	/**
	 * Configures whether the type metadata for PDX objects is persisted to disk.
	 *
	 * Default is {@literal false}.
	 */
	boolean persistent() default false;

	/**
	 * Configures the object preference to {@link org.apache.geode.pdx.PdxInstance} type or {@link Object}.
	 *
	 * Default is {@literal false}.
	 */
	boolean readSerialized() default false;

	/**
	 * Configures the PDX serializer to be used by the cache to serialize object data.
	 */
	String serializerBeanName() default "";

}