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package javax.xml.bind.annotation;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlJavaTypeAdapter;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;
/**
* <p> Controls the ordering of fields and properties in a class. </p>
*
* <h3>Usage </h3>
*
* <p> {@code @XmlAccessorOrder} annotation can be used with the following
* program elements:</p>
*
* <ul>
* <li> package</li>
* <li> a top level class </li>
* </ul>
*
* <p> See "Package Specification" in {@code javax.xml.bind} package javadoc for
* additional common information.</p>
*
* <p>The effective {@link XmlAccessOrder} on a class is determined
* as follows:
*
* <ul>
* <li> If there is a {@code @XmlAccessorOrder} on a class, then
* it is used. </li>
* <li> Otherwise, if a {@code @XmlAccessorOrder} exists on one of
* its super classes, then it is inherited (by the virtue of
* {@link Inherited})
* <li> Otherwise, the {@code @XmlAccessorOrder} on the package
* of the class is used, if it's there.
* <li> Otherwise {@link XmlAccessOrder#UNDEFINED}.
* </ul>
*
* <p>This annotation can be used with the following annotations:
* {@link XmlType}, {@link XmlRootElement}, {@link XmlAccessorType},
* {@link XmlSchema}, {@link XmlSchemaType}, {@link XmlSchemaTypes},
* , {@link XmlJavaTypeAdapter}. It can also be used with the
* following annotations at the package level: {@link XmlJavaTypeAdapter}.
*
* @author Sekhar Vajjhala, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
* @since 1.6, JAXB 2.0
* @see XmlAccessOrder
*/
@Inherited @Retention(RUNTIME) @Target({PACKAGE, TYPE})
public @interface XmlAccessorOrder {
XmlAccessOrder value() default XmlAccessOrder.UNDEFINED;
}