Annotation @XStreamAlias is ignored for classes without any class level annotation

public static class House {
@XStreamAlias("total-number-of-rooms")
private int rooms;
protected House(int rooms)

{ this.rooms = rooms; }

public int getRooms()

{ return rooms; }

}

public void testAnnotationForFieldAliases()

{ Annotations.configureAliases(xstream, House.class); House house = new House(5); String expectedXml = "<com.thoughtworks.acceptance.annotations.AnnotationsTest-House>\n"+ " <total-number-of-rooms>5</total-number-of-rooms>\n" + "</com.thoughtworks.acceptance.annotations.AnnotationsTest-House>"; assertBothWays(house, expectedXml); }