ListCodecType (Rhino Extensions 3.2 API)

```
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(METHOD)
@Documented
public @interface ListCodecType
```
Annotation that can be used on a list-type CMP field getter or setter method to indicate to Rhino a codec that should be used to serialise and serialise list elements. The CMP field must be declared with type List or an array of this type.

For a given list with element type X, the specified DatatypeCodec implementation class must have a type parameter T that is equal to X, or if T is itself a type variable then it must have an upper bound equal to X.

Since:

Rhino 2.4.0

Required Element Summary

Required Elements
Modifier and Type Required Element Description

Class<? extends DatatypeCodec> codec
Codec class name.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
`EncodableList.BackingStore`	`backingStore`	The type of backing store to use for list elements.
`boolean`	`manageNullElements`	Flag indicating if the serialisation logic should manage null elements.

- Element Detail
  - codec
```
Class<? extends DatatypeCodec> codec
```
    Codec class name.
    
    Since:
    
    Rhino 2.4.0
- - backingStore
```
EncodableList.BackingStore backingStore
```
    The type of backing store to use for list elements.
    
    Since:
    
    Rhino 2.4.0
    
    Default:
    
    com.opencloud.rhino.util.EncodableList.BackingStore.ARRAY
- - manageNullElements
```
boolean manageNullElements
```
    Flag indicating if the serialisation logic should manage null elements.
    
    If this flag is set to false and the list might include null elements, then the DatatypeCodec specified by codec() must be implemented to support the encoding and decoding of null objects.
    
    Since:
    
    Rhino 2.4.0
    
    See Also:
    
    EncodableList.manageNullElements(), EncodableList.writeElement(Object, DataOutput, EncoderUtils)
    
    Default:
    
    false