JdbcMapper/beehive-controls/src/main/java/org/apache/beehive/controls/api/bean/AnnotationConstraints.java

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package org.apache.beehive.controls.api.bean;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* AnnotationConstraints defines meta-annotations that allow
* specification of additional constraints that aren't
* expressible using J2SE 5.0 meta-annotations.
*
* Actual enforcement of these semantics is implementation dependent.
* An <code>apt</code>-based reference implementation is provided by
* {@link org.apache.beehive.controls.runtime.bean.AnnotationConstraintValidator}.
*
* @see org.apache.beehive.controls.runtime.bean.AnnotationConstraintValidator
*/
public interface AnnotationConstraints
{
/**
* Defines a number of simple constraints on the way annotation members
* can be used together.
*
* @see MembershipRule
*/
public enum MembershipRuleValues
{
AT_LEAST_ONE,
AT_MOST_ONE,
EXACTLY_ONE,
ALL_IF_ANY
}
/**
* Provides a mechanism for enforcing constraints between members of
* an annotation (such a mechanism is absent from J2SE 5.0; for example,
* given an annotation with members 'a' and 'b' there is no way to say
* that they are mutually exclusive).
*
* @see MembershipRuleValues
*/
@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface MembershipRule
{
/** Required, the membership rule.*/
MembershipRuleValues value();
/** Optional list of member names to apply rule against. Empty array implies all members. */
String[] memberNames() default {};
}
/**
* Defines whether the annotation decorated by this
* annotation can overriden externally (a marker interface).
*/
@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface AllowExternalOverride
{
}
/**
* Specifies the version of the control runtime required by this annotation.
*/
@Target({ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface RequiredRuntimeVersion
{
String value(); // no default
}
}