001    /**
002     * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 the original author or authors.
003     * See the notice.md file distributed with this work for additional
004     * information regarding copyright ownership.
005     *
006     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
007     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
008     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
009     *
010     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
011     *
012     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
013     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
014     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
015     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
016     * limitations under the License.
017     */
018    
019    package org.codehaus.jackson.annotate;
020    
021    import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
022    import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
023    import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
024    import java.lang.annotation.Target;
025    
026    
027    /**
028     * Annotation used for binding logical name that the annotated class
029     * has. Used with {@link JsonTypeInfo} (and specifically its
030     * {@link JsonTypeInfo#use} property) to establish relationship
031     * between type names and types.
032     * 
033     * @since 1.5
034     * 
035     * @author tatu
036     */
037    @Target({ElementType.TYPE})
038    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
039    @JacksonAnnotation
040    public @interface JsonTypeName {
041        /**
042         * Logical type name for annotated type. If missing (or defined as Empty String),
043         * defaults to using non-qualified class name as the type.
044         */
045        public String value() default "";
046    }