/*
* Copyright (C) 2012 Square, Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package com.smartandroid.sa.otto;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Marks a method as an instance producer, as used by {@link AnnotatedHandlerFinder} and {@link Bus}.
* <p>
* Otto infers the instance type from the annotated method's return type. Producer methods may return null when there is
* no appropriate value to share. The calling {@link Bus} ignores such returns and posts nothing.
*
* @author Jake Wharton
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface Produce {
}