001/*
002 * PlotSquared, a land and world management plugin for Minecraft.
003 * Copyright (C) IntellectualSites <https://intellectualsites.com>
004 * Copyright (C) IntellectualSites team and contributors
005 *
006 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
007 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
008 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
009 * (at your option) any later version.
010 *
011 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
014 * GNU General Public License for more details.
015 *
016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
017 * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
018 */
019package com.plotsquared.core.configuration.serialization;
020
021import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
022import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
023import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
024import java.lang.annotation.Target;
025
026/**
027 * Applies to a {@link ConfigurationSerializable} that will delegate all
028 * deserialization to another {@link ConfigurationSerializable}.
029 */
030@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
031@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
032public @interface DelegateDeserialization {
033
034    /**
035     * Which class should be used as a delegate for this classes
036     * deserialization
037     *
038     * @return Delegate class
039     */
040    Class<? extends ConfigurationSerializable> value();
041
042}