[Simple-support] Extended @Version

[Stefanato F. (K. 2) <fed...@cr...>]

Hi Niall,

the usage of @Version annotation is very powerful where - as in my case
- the overall structure changes quite often.

Unfortunately, the annotation works only at field level and I need a
class - either concrete or abstract - to provide such field (in
interfaces it doesn't work).

It would be of great advantage if I could annotate a super interface in
order to centralize the versioning management.
Something as:

@Version(name="xml-version", revision="1.7")
public interface XmlSerializable{}

Do you foresee any kind of extension in versioning capabilities?
Otherwise, could you suggest me an equivalent strategy?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

federico