45 lines
1.8 KiB
Java
45 lines
1.8 KiB
Java
/*
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* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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* contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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* this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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* The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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* (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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* the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*
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* $Header:$
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*/
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package org.apache.beehive.controls.api.bean;
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import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
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import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
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import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
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import java.lang.annotation.Target;
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/**
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* The Control annotation type is used to annotate a field within a control
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* client source file that is a control reference. It is the declarative
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* mechanism for instantiating controls in Java clients. Java Controls
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* runtime implementations will automatically initialize such annotated field
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* references to an appropriate Java Control Bean of the requested type,
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* and perform event listener hookup etc.
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*/
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@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
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@Target({ElementType.FIELD})
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public @interface Control
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{
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/**
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* Optional member used to specify the control interface class.
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* Typically only necessary to resolve ambiguities when multiple
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* control interfaces with same name but different packages are present.
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*/
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Class<?> interfaceHint() default Object.class;
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}
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