/*
* Copyright (C) 2003-2011 eXo Platform SAS.
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.etk.kernel.management.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Class annotated by this annotation defines an alternative class for a managed object.
* The class pointed by this annotatio must provide a constructor that accepts the annotated
* class as argument.
*
* Created by The eXo Platform SAS
* Author : eXoPlatform
* exo@exoplatform.com
* Jul 28, 2011
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
public @interface ManagedBy {
/**
* Returns a class that instantiated is able to manage the class annotated by
* this class.
*
* @return the class
*/
Class value();
}