http://github.com/FasterXML/jackson: Core annotations used for value types, used by Jackson data binding package. (FasterXML)
  • Tatu Saloranta 
Public core annotations, most of which are used to configure how
Data Mapping/Binding works. Annotations in this package can only
have dependencies to non-annotation classes in Core package;
annotations that have dependencies to Mapper classes are included
in Mapper module (under org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate).
Also contains parameter types (mostly enums) needed by annotations.


Note that prior versions (1.x) contained these annotations within
'core' jar, as part of Streaming API.

/**
 * Public core annotations, most of which are used to configure how
 * Data Mapping/Binding works. Annotations in this package can only
 * have dependencies to non-annotation classes in Core package;
 * annotations that have dependencies to Mapper classes are included
 * in Mapper module (under <code>org.codehaus.jackson.map.annotate</code>).
 * Also contains parameter types (mostly enums) needed by annotations.
 *<p>
 * Note that prior versions (1.x) contained these annotations within
 * 'core' jar, as part of Streaming API.
 */
package com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation;