#718 forward route options

| Q             | A
| ------------- | ---
| Bug fix?      | no
| New feature?  | yes
| BC breaks?    | no
| Deprecations? | no
| Tests pass?   | yes
| Fixed tickets | #718, #439
| License       | MIT
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* [x] Implementation for XML
* [x] Tests for annotations
* [x] Documentation?
please remove