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Java example source code file (Since.java)

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Google 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
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package com.google.gson.annotations;

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

/**
 * An annotation that indicates the version number since a member or a type has been present.
 * This annotation is useful to manage versioning of your Json classes for a web-service.
 *
 * <p>
 * This annotation has no effect unless you build {@link com.google.gson.Gson} with a
 * {@link com.google.gson.GsonBuilder} and invoke
 * {@link com.google.gson.GsonBuilder#setVersion(double)} method.
 *
 * <p>Here is an example of how this annotation is meant to be used:

* <pre> * public class User { * private String firstName; * private String lastName; * @Since(1.0) private String emailAddress; * @Since(1.0) private String password; * @Since(1.1) private Address address; * } * </pre> * * <p>If you created Gson with {@code new Gson()}, the {@code toJson()} and {@code fromJson()} * methods will use all the fields for serialization and deserialization. However, if you created * Gson with {@code Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setVersion(1.0).create()} then the * {@code toJson()} and {@code fromJson()} methods of Gson will exclude the {@code address} field * since it's version number is set to {@code 1.1}.</p> * * @author Inderjeet Singh * @author Joel Leitch */ @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.TYPE}) public @interface Since { /** * the value indicating a version number since this member * or type has been present. */ double value(); }

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