Module jakarta.xml.bind
Package jakarta.xml.bind.annotation

Annotation Type XmlAttachmentRef

@Retention(RUNTIME) @Target({FIELD,METHOD,PARAMETER}) public @interface XmlAttachmentRef
Marks a field/property that its XML form is a URI reference to mime content. The mime content is optimally stored out-of-line as an attachment.

A field/property must always map to the DataHandler class.

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 @XmlRootElement
 class Foo {
     @XmlAttachmentRef
     @XmlAttribute
     DataHandler data;

     @XmlAttachmentRef
     @XmlElement
     DataHandler body;
 }
The above code maps to the following XML: 
 <xs:element name="foo" xmlns:ref="http://ws-i.org/profiles/basic/1.1/xsd">
   <xs:complexType>
     <xs:sequence>
       <xs:element name="body" type="ref:swaRef" minOccurs="0" />
     </xs:sequence>
     <xs:attribute name="data" type="ref:swaRef" use="optional" />
   </xs:complexType>
 </xs:element>

The above binding supports WS-I AP 1.0 WS-I Attachments Profile Version 1.0.

Author:
Kohsuke Kawaguchi