package com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

Annotation that can be used to define one or more alternative names for a property, accepted during deserialization as alternative to the official name. Alias information is also exposed during POJO introspection, but has no effect during serialization where primary name is always used.

Examples:

public class Info {
 @JsonAlias({ "n", "Name" })
 public String name;
}
Since:2.9
/** * Annotation that can be used to define one or more alternative names for * a property, accepted during deserialization as alternative to the official * name. Alias information is also exposed during POJO introspection, but has * no effect during serialization where primary name is always used. *<p> * Examples: *<pre> *public class Info { * &#64;JsonAlias({ "n", "Name" }) * public String name; *} *</pre> * * @since 2.9 */
@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, // for combo-annotations ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.PARAMETER// for properties (field, setter, ctor param) }) @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @JacksonAnnotation public @interface JsonAlias {
One or more secondary names to accept as aliases to the official name.
/** * One or more secondary names to accept as aliases to the official name. */
public String[] value() default { }; }