content: /*
   * Replace.java June 2007
   *
   * Copyright (C) 2007, Niall Gallagher <niallg@users.sf.net>
   *
   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   * You may obtain a copy of the License at
   *
   *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   *
   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 
   * implied. See the License for the specific language governing 
   * permissions and limitations under the License.
   */
  
  package com.aliyun.odps.simpleframework.xml.core;
  
  import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
  import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
  
  /**
   * The <code>Replace</code> method is used to replace an object that
   * is about to be serialized to an XML document. This is used to so
   * that an object can provide a substitute to itself. Scenarios such
   * as serializing an object to an external file or location can be
   * accommodated using a write replacement method.
   * <p>
   * This is similar to the <code>writeReplace</code> method used within
   * Java Object Serialization in that it is used to plug a replacement
   * in to the resulting stream during the serialization process. Care
   * should be taken to provide a suitable type from the replacement so
   * that the object can be deserialized at a later time.
   * 
   * @author Niall Gallagher
   */
  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
  public @interface Replace {  
  }
  