001 /*
002 * ============================================================================
003 * GNU Lesser General Public License
004 * ============================================================================
005 *
006 * Beanlet - JSE Application Container.
007 * Copyright (C) 2006 Leon van Zantvoort
008 *
009 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
010 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
011 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
012 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
013 *
014 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
015 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
016 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
017 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
018 *
019 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
020 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
021 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
022 *
023 * Leon van Zantvoort
024 * 243 Acalanes Drive #11
025 * Sunnyvale, CA 94086
026 * USA
027 *
028 * zantvoort@users.sourceforge.net
029 * http://beanlet.org
030 */
031 package org.beanlet;
032
033 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
034 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
035 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
036 import java.util.Collection;
037
038
039 /**
040 * Represents a collection of values.
041 *
042 * @see org.beanlet.Inject
043 * @author Leon van Zantvoort
044 */
045 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
046 @Target({})
047 public @interface CollectionValue {
048
049 /**
050 * Specifies the collection type that is to be constructed. This value must
051 * be set to a concrete class, or to the {@code Collection} interface, in
052 * which case the collection type is inferred from the member to be
053 * injected.
054 */
055 Class<? extends Collection> type() default Collection.class;
056
057 /**
058 * Contains all collection values.
059 */
060 Value[] value() default {};
061
062 /**
063 * {@code true} if annotation represents an empty collection.
064 */
065 boolean empty() default false;
066
067 /**
068 * {@code true} if the collection is unmodifiable after injection.
069 */
070 boolean unmodifiable() default false;
071
072 /**
073 * {@code true} if the collection is synchronized.
074 */
075 boolean synced() default false;
076 }