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Usage

*

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

* *

* When a collection property is annotated just with @XmlElement, * each item in the collection will be wrapped by an element. * For example, * *

 * @XmlRootElement
 * class Foo {
 *     @XmlElement
 *     List<String> data;
 * }
 * 
* * would produce XML like this: * *
 * <foo>
 *   <data>abc
 *   <data>def
 * </foo>
 * 
* * @XmlList annotation, on the other hand, allows multiple values to be * represented as whitespace-separated tokens in a single element. For example, * *
 * @XmlRootElement
 * class Foo {
 *     @XmlElement
 *     @XmlList
 *     List<String> data;
 * }
 * 
* * the above code will produce XML like this: * *
 * <foo>
 *   <data>abc def
 * </foo>
 * 
* *

This annotation can be used with the following annotations: * {@link XmlElement}, * {@link XmlAttribute}, * {@link XmlValue}, * {@link XmlIDREF}. *

* * @author * @since 1.6, JAXB 2.0 */ @Retention(RUNTIME) @Target({FIELD,METHOD,PARAMETER}) public @interface XmlList { }