Encoding (swagger-annotations 2.2.40 API)

```
@Target({})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Inherited
public @interface Encoding
```
The annotation may be used to add encoding details to the definition of a parameter, request or response content, by defining it as field Content.encoding()

See Also:

Encoding (OpenAPI specification), Content

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
`boolean`	`allowReserved`	Determines whether the parameter value SHOULD allow reserved characters, as defined by RFC3986 to be included without percent-encoding.
`String`	`contentType`	The Content-Type for encoding a specific property.
`boolean`	`explode`	When this is true, property values of type array or object generate separate parameters for each value of the array, or key-value-pair of the map.
`Extension[]`	`extensions`	The list of optional extensions
`Header[]`	`headers`	An array of header objects
`String`	`name`	The name of this encoding object instance.
`String`	`style`	Describes how a specific property value will be serialized depending on its type

- Element Detail
  - name
```
String name
```
    The name of this encoding object instance. This property is a key in encoding map of MediaType object and MUST exist in a schema as a property.
    
    Returns:
    
    name of the encoding
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - contentType
```
String contentType
```
    The Content-Type for encoding a specific property.
    
    Returns:
    
    content type of the encoding
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - style
```
String style
```
    Describes how a specific property value will be serialized depending on its type
    
    Returns:
    
    style of the encoding
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - explode
```
boolean explode
```
    When this is true, property values of type array or object generate separate parameters for each value of the array, or key-value-pair of the map.
    
    Returns:
    
    boolean
    
    Default:
    
    false
- - allowReserved
```
boolean allowReserved
```
    Determines whether the parameter value SHOULD allow reserved characters, as defined by RFC3986 to be included without percent-encoding.
    
    Returns:
    
    boolean
    
    Default:
    
    false
- - headers
```
Header[] headers
```
    An array of header objects
    
    Returns:
    
    array of headers
    
    Default:
    
    {}
- - extensions
```
Extension[] extensions
```
    The list of optional extensions
    
    Returns:
    
    an optional array of extensions
    
    Default:
    
    {}