diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ExclusionStrategy.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ExclusionStrategy.java index dfa7f9b7..6f78e629 100644 --- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ExclusionStrategy.java +++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/ExclusionStrategy.java @@ -71,10 +71,18 @@ package com.google.gson; * .setExclusionStrategies(excludeStrings) * .create(); * - * + * *
For certain model classes, you may only want to serialize a field, but exclude it for * deserialization. To do that, you can write an {@code ExclusionStrategy} as per normal; - * however, you would register it with the + * however, you would register it with the + * {@link GsonBuilder#addDeserializationExclusionStrategies(ExclusionStrategy...)} method. + * For example: + *
+ * ExclusionStrategy excludeStrings = new UserDefinedExclusionStrategy(String.class); + * Gson gson = new GsonBuilder() + * .addDeserializationExclusionStrategies(excludeStrings) + * .create(); + ** * @author Inderjeet Singh * @author Joel Leitch