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aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.developer;
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: import javax.xml.ws.spi.WebServiceFeatureAnnotation;
aoqi@0: import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
aoqi@0: import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
aoqi@0: import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
aoqi@0: import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
aoqi@0: import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
aoqi@0: import java.lang.annotation.Target;
aoqi@0: 
aoqi@0: /**
aoqi@0:  * This feature instructs that the specified {@link JAXBContextFactory} be used for performing
aoqi@0:  * data-binding for the SEI.
aoqi@0:  *
aoqi@0:  * <p>
aoqi@0:  * For example,
aoqi@0:  * <pre>
aoqi@0:  * &#64;WebService
aoqi@0:  * &#64;UsesJAXBContext(MyJAXBContextFactory.class)
aoqi@0:  * public class HelloService {
aoqi@0:  *   ...
aoqi@0:  * }
aoqi@0:  * </pre>
aoqi@0:  *
aoqi@0:  * <p>
aoqi@0:  * If your {@link JAXBContextFactory} needs to carry some state from your calling application,
aoqi@0:  * you can use {@link UsesJAXBContextFeature} to pass in an instance of {@link JAXBContextFactory},
aoqi@0:  * instead of using this to specify the type.
aoqi@0:  *
aoqi@0:  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
aoqi@0:  * @since 2.1.5
aoqi@0:  */
aoqi@0: @Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD})
aoqi@0: @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
aoqi@0: @Documented
aoqi@0: @WebServiceFeatureAnnotation(id=UsesJAXBContextFeature.ID,bean=UsesJAXBContextFeature.class)
aoqi@0: public @interface UsesJAXBContext {
aoqi@0:     /**
aoqi@0:      * Designates the {@link JAXBContextFactory} to be used to create the {@link JAXBContext} object,
aoqi@0:      * which in turn will be used by the JAX-WS runtime to marshal/unmarshal parameters and return
aoqi@0:      * values to/from XML.
aoqi@0:      */
aoqi@0:     Class<? extends JAXBContextFactory> value();
aoqi@0: }