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.ElementType;
034    import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
035    import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
036    import java.lang.annotation.Target;
037    
038    
039    /**
040     * <p>Allows members to be wired with implicitely selected objects.</p>
041     *
042     * <p>A member can only be wired {@code BY_INFO}, {@code BY_NAME} or 
043     * {@code BY_TYPE} if the beanlet's package,
044     * class or member is marked with the specified wiring mode. Note that the
045     * wiring modes for the member overrides the class wiring modes and logically,
046     * the class wiring modes override the package wiring modes.</p>
047     *
048     * <p>Members marked with this annotation MUST also be annotated with 
049     * {@code Inject}, otherwise the beanlet definition fails.</p>
050     *
051     * {@beanlet.annotation}
052     *
053     * @see Inject
054     * @author Leon van Zantvoort
055     */
056    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
057    @Target({ElementType.PACKAGE, ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR, 
058            ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
059    public @interface Wiring {
060        
061        /**
062         * Specifies the wiring mode to be used for the marked element.
063         */
064        WiringMode[] value() default {};
065    }