ohair@286: /*
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ohair@286: 
ohair@286: package javax.xml.bind.annotation;
ohair@286: 
ohair@286: import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
ohair@286: import java.lang.annotation.Target;
ohair@286: import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
ohair@286: import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
ohair@286: import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
ohair@286: import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PARAMETER;
ohair@286: 
ohair@286: import javax.xml.transform.Source;
ohair@286: 
ohair@286: /**
ohair@286:  * Associates the MIME type that controls the XML representation of the property.
ohair@286:  *
ohair@286:  * <p>
ohair@286:  * This annotation is used in conjunction with datatypes such as
alanb@368:  * {@link java.awt.Image} or {@link Source} that are bound to base64-encoded binary in XML.
ohair@286:  *
ohair@286:  * <p>
ohair@286:  * If a property that has this annotation has a sibling property bound to
ohair@286:  * the xmime:contentType attribute, and if in the instance the property has a value,
ohair@286:  * the value of the attribute takes precedence and that will control the marshalling.
ohair@286:  *
ohair@286:  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
ohair@286:  * @since JAXB2.0
ohair@286:  */
ohair@286: @Retention(RUNTIME)
ohair@286: @Target({FIELD,METHOD,PARAMETER})
ohair@286: public @interface XmlMimeType {
ohair@286:     /**
ohair@286:      * The textual representation of the MIME type,
ohair@286:      * such as "image/jpeg" "image/*", "text/xml; charset=iso-8859-1" and so on.
ohair@286:      */
ohair@286:     String value();
ohair@286: }