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<pre>@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value={FIELD,METHOD})
public @interface <span class="memberNameLabel">XmlElementWrapper</span></pre>
<div class="block">Generates a wrapper element around XML representation.
This is primarily intended to be used to produce a wrapper
XML element around collections. The annotation therefore supports
two forms of serialization shown below.
<pre><code>
//Example: code fragment
int[] names;
// XML Serialization Form 1 (Unwrapped collection)
&lt;names&gt; ... &lt;/names&gt;
&lt;names&gt; ... &lt;/names&gt;
// XML Serialization Form 2 ( Wrapped collection )
&lt;wrapperElement&gt;
&lt;names&gt; value-of-item &lt;/names&gt;
&lt;names&gt; value-of-item &lt;/names&gt;
....
&lt;/wrapperElement&gt;
</code></pre>
<p> The two serialized XML forms allow a null collection to be
represented either by absence or presence of an element with a
nillable attribute.
<p> <b>Usage</b> </p>
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The <code>@XmlElementWrapper</code> annotation can be used with the
following program elements:
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<li> JavaBean property </li>
<li> non static, non transient field </li>
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<p>The usage is subject to the following constraints:
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<li> The property must be a collection property </li>
<li> This annotation can be used with the following annotations:
<a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElement.html" title="annotation in javax.xml.bind.annotation"><code>XmlElement</code></a>,
<a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElements.html" title="annotation in javax.xml.bind.annotation"><code>XmlElements</code></a>,
<a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElementRef.html" title="annotation in javax.xml.bind.annotation"><code>XmlElementRef</code></a>,
<a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElementRefs.html" title="annotation in javax.xml.bind.annotation"><code>XmlElementRefs</code></a>,
<a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/adapters/XmlJavaTypeAdapter.html" title="annotation in javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters"><code>XmlJavaTypeAdapter</code></a>.</li>
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<p>See "Package Specification" in javax.xml.bind.package javadoc for
additional common information.</p></div>
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<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Since:</span></dt>
<dd>1.6, JAXB 2.0</dd>
<dt><span class="seeLabel">See Also:</span></dt>
<dd><a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElement.html" title="annotation in javax.xml.bind.annotation"><code>XmlElement</code></a>,
<a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElements.html" title="annotation in javax.xml.bind.annotation"><code>XmlElements</code></a>,
<a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElementRef.html" title="annotation in javax.xml.bind.annotation"><code>XmlElementRef</code></a>,
<a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElementRefs.html" title="annotation in javax.xml.bind.annotation"><code>XmlElementRefs</code></a></dd>
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<caption><span>Optional Elements</span><span class="tabEnd">&nbsp;</span></caption>
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<th class="colLast" scope="col">Optional Element and Description</th>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>java.lang.String</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElementWrapper.html#name--">name</a></span></code>
<div class="block">Name of the XML wrapper element.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>java.lang.String</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElementWrapper.html#namespace--">namespace</a></span></code>
<div class="block">XML target namespace of the XML wrapper element.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElementWrapper.html#nillable--">nillable</a></span></code>
<div class="block">If true, the absence of the collection is represented by
using <code>xsi:nil='true'</code>.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlElementWrapper.html#required--">required</a></span></code>
<div class="block">Customize the wrapper element declaration to be required.</div>
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;java.lang.String&nbsp;name</pre>
<div class="block">Name of the XML wrapper element. By default, the XML wrapper
element name is derived from the JavaBean property name.</div>
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<dt>Default:</dt>
<dd>"##default"</dd>
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;java.lang.String&nbsp;namespace</pre>
<div class="block">XML target namespace of the XML wrapper element.
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If the value is "##default", then the namespace is determined
as follows:
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and its <a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlSchema.html#elementFormDefault--"><code>elementFormDefault</code></a>
is <a href="../../../../javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlNsForm.html#QUALIFIED"><code>QUALIFIED</code></a>, then the namespace of
the enclosing class.
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Otherwise "" (which produces unqualified element in the default
namespace.
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<dt>Default:</dt>
<dd>"##default"</dd>
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;nillable</pre>
<div class="block">If true, the absence of the collection is represented by
using <code>xsi:nil='true'</code>. Otherwise, it is represented by
the absence of the element.</div>
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<pre>public abstract&nbsp;boolean&nbsp;required</pre>
<div class="block">Customize the wrapper element declaration to be required.
<p>
If required() is true, then the corresponding generated
XML schema element declaration will have <code>minOccurs="1"</code>,
to indicate that the wrapper element is always expected.
<p>
Note that this only affects the schema generation, and
not the unmarshalling or marshalling capability. This is
simply a mechanism to let users express their application constraints
better.</div>
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<dd>1.6, JAXB 2.1</dd>
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