001    /*
002      GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003      Copyright (C) 2013 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004    
005      This file is part of Granite Data Services.
006    
007      Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
008      it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
009      the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
010      option) any later version.
011    
012      Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
013      WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
014      FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License
015      for more details.
016    
017      You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
018      along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
019    */
020    
021    package org.granite.messaging.annotations;
022    
023    import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
024    import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
025    import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
026    import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
027    import java.lang.annotation.Target;
028    
029    /**
030     * The <tt>Exclude</tt> annotation can be used to prevent a field serialization.
031     * <p>
032     * Typical usage:
033     * <pre>
034     * @Exclude
035     * private String aVerySensitiveData;
036     * </pre>
037     * </p>
038     * 
039     * @author Franck WOLFF
040     */
041    @Documented
042    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
043    @Target(ElementType.FIELD)
044    public @interface Exclude {
045    
046    }