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  25 
  26 package javax.xml.bind.annotation;
  27 
  28 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
  29 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  30 import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
  31 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
  32 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
  33 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PARAMETER;
  34 
  35 import javax.xml.transform.Source;
  36 
  37 /**
  38  * Associates the MIME type that controls the XML representation of the property.
  39  *
  40  * <p>
  41  * This annotation is used in conjunction with datatypes such as
  42  * {@link java.awt.Image} or {@link Source} that are bound to base64-encoded binary in XML.
  43  *
  44  * <p>
  45  * If a property that has this annotation has a sibling property bound to
  46  * the xmime:contentType attribute, and if in the instance the property has a value,
  47  * the value of the attribute takes precedence and that will control the marshalling.
  48  *
  49  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  50  * @since 1.6, JAXB 2.0
  51  */
  52 @Retention(RUNTIME)
  53 @Target({FIELD,METHOD,PARAMETER})
  54 public @interface XmlMimeType {
  55     /**
  56      * The textual representation of the MIME type,
  57      * such as "image/jpeg" "image/*", "text/xml; charset=iso-8859-1" and so on.
  58      */
  59     String value();
  60 }