/* Copyright (c) 2002-2011 by XMLVM.org
*
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*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
* License for more details.
*
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* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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*/
package org.xmlvm;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
/**
* Apply this annotation to a method to mark it as a delegate method.
*
* In an interface, for which an implementation may become a delegate, denote on
* the methods the information needed to invoke the respective native delegate
* methods.
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
public @interface XMLVMDelegateMethod
{
/**
* @return the native name of the selector, NOT including parameters
*/
String selector();
/**
* @return information about the native delegate method parameters
*/
Param[] params() default {};
/**
* Information about a native delegate method parameter
*/
public @interface Param
{
/**
* @return the native instance type
*/
String type();
/**
* @return the native name of the parameter, if any
*/
String name() default "";
/**
* @return true if the parameter is the delegate implementation, else
* false
*/
boolean isSource() default false;
/**
* @return true if the parameter is not a pointer. This is not necessary
* for primitive types.
*/
boolean isStruct() default false;
boolean convert() default false;
}
}