jakarta.xml.bind.annotation

Annotation Type XmlEnum

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=TYPE)
public @interface XmlEnum

Maps an enum type Enum to XML representation.

This annotation, together with XmlEnumValue provides a mapping of enum type to XML representation.

Usage

The @XmlEnum annotation can be used with the following program elements:

• enum type

The usage is subject to the following constraints:

• This annotation can be used the following other annotations: XmlType, XmlRootElement

See "Package Specification" in jakarta.xml.bind.package javadoc for additional common information

An enum type is mapped to a schema simple type with enumeration facets. The schema type is derived from the Java type to which @XmlEnum.value(). Each enum constant @XmlEnumValue must have a valid lexical representation for the type @XmlEnum.value().

Examples: See examples in XmlEnumValue

Since:

1.6, JAXB 2.0

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
Class<?>	value Java type that is mapped to a XML simple type.

Element Detail

value

public abstract Class<?> value

Java type that is mapped to a XML simple type.

Default:

java.lang.String.class