# Transient
Date: 2013-02-18

## org.simpleframework.xml
Annotation Type Transient

    @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
    public @interface Transient

The `Transient` annotation is an optional annotation that can be used within an XML class schema to mark a method or field as being transient, which indicates that it does not take part in serialization or deserialization. This is particularly useful when the `Default` annotation is applied to a class, as it indicates no default serialization is to be used.

Author:
  Niall Gallagher
See Also:
  `Default`