JdbcMapper/controls/src/api/org/apache/beehive/controls/api/bean/ControlInterface.java

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package org.apache.beehive.controls.api.bean;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* The ControlInterface annotation type is used to annotate a control public interface.
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
public @interface ControlInterface
{
/**
* Placeholder string used in defaultBinding attr. Tools and runtime should replace
* instances of INTERFACE_NAME found in values of defaultBinding with the fully
* qualified name of the interface annotated with @ControlInterface.
*/
static final String INTERFACE_NAME = "<InterfaceName>";
/**
* Specify the fully qualified name of the control implementation for this control interface.
* If no value is specified the implementation will be the name of the interface with 'Impl' appended.
* */
String defaultBinding() default INTERFACE_NAME + "Impl";
/**
* @deprecated Replaced by checker() element.
*/
Class<? extends ControlChecker> checkerClass() default DefaultControlChecker.class;
/**
* Used by control authors wishing to enforce rich semantic validation on extension and field
* instance declarations of their controls. By supplying a ControlChecker implementation
* (a "checker") and associating it with your control's public interface, when an
* extension of your control is processed at build-time, the checker will be invoked and
* can do rich validation of the extension type and field instances via introspection and
* analysis of the control extension's type structure, signatures and annotations.
* @see org.apache.beehive.controls.api.bean.ControlChecker
*/
Class<? extends ControlChecker> checker() default DefaultControlChecker.class;
}