From 72d2fcb59e404cfa1dd995d18f766cf0f68b7ba8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Bygrave <robin.bygrave@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 21:37:37 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] #330 - JSON - Add ebean @JsonIgnore ... with serialize()
 default false and deserialize() default false

---
 .../avaje/ebean/annotation/JsonIgnore.java    | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/annotation/JsonIgnore.java

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/annotation/JsonIgnore.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/annotation/JsonIgnore.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79635ddc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/annotation/JsonIgnore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Similar to Jackson JsonIgnore but provides the option to just ignore serialize or deserialize.
+ * <p>
+ *   This provides the same features as Expose but from the opposite perspective which is probably
+ *   more common and more familiar to Jackson users.
+ * </p>
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
+public @interface JsonIgnore {
+
+  /**
+   * If {@code true}, the field marked with this annotation is written out in the JSON while
+   * serializing. If {@code false}, the field marked with this annotation is skipped from the
+   * serialized output. Defaults to {@code false}.
+   */
+  boolean serialize() default false;
+
+  /**
+   * If {@code true}, the field marked with this annotation is deserialized from the JSON.
+   * If {@code false}, the field marked with this annotation is skipped during deserialization.
+   * Defaults to {@code false}.
+   */
+  boolean deserialize() default false;
+}
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