Connector.java

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package javax.resource.spi;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;
import javax.resource.spi.work.WorkContext;

/**
 * The <code>Connector</code> annotation is a component-defining annotation and
 * it can be used by the resource adapter developer to specify that the JavaBean
 * is a resource adapter JavaBean. The Connector annotation is applied to the
 * JavaBean class.
 * 
 * @since 1.6
 * @version Java EE Connector Architecture 1.6
 */

@Documented
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(TYPE)
public @interface Connector {

 	/**
     * Describes the resource adapter module.
     */
    String[] description() default {};

    /**
     * An optional short name, providing information about the
     * resource adapter module,  that is intended to be displayed 
     * by tools.
     */
  	String[] displayName() default {};

	/**
     * Specifies the file name for small GIF or JPEG icon images that are 
     * used to represent the resource adapter in a GUI tool. 
     *
     * Each smallIcon must be associated with a largeIcon element and the 
     * application server must use the ordinal value in their respective 
     * arrays to find the related pairs of icons.
     */
    String[] smallIcon() default {};

    /**
     * Specifies the file name for large GIF or JPEG icon images that are 
     * used to represent the resource adapter in a GUI tool. 
     * Each smallIcon must be associated with a largeIcon element and 
     * the application server must use the ordinal value in their 
     * respective arrays to find the related pairs of icons.
     */
	String[] largeIcon() default {};

	/**
	 * Specifies the name of the resource adapter provider vendor.
	 */
	String vendorName() default "";

	/**
	 * Contains information about the type of EIS. For example, the type of an
	 * EIS can be product name of the EIS independent of any version info.This
	 * helps in identifying EIS instances that can be used with this resource
	 * adapter.
	 */
	String eisType() default "";

	/**
	 * Specifies the version of the resource adapter implementation.
	 */
	String version() default "";

	/**
	 * Specifies licensing requirements for the resource adapter module and an
	 * optional description of the licensing terms .
	 */
	String[] licenseDescription() default {};

	/**
	 * Specifies whether a license is required to deploy and use this resource
	 * adapter
	 */
	boolean licenseRequired() default false;

	/**
	 * Specifies the authentication mechanisms supported by the resource
	 * adapter.
	 * 
	 * @see AuthenticationMechanism
	 */
	AuthenticationMechanism[] authMechanisms() default {};

	/**
	 * Specifies whether a license is required to deploy and use this resource
	 * adapter
	 */
	boolean reauthenticationSupport() default false;

	/**
	 * Specifies the extended security permissions required to be provided for
	 * the operation of the resource adapter module
	 * 
	 * @see SecurityPermission
	 */
	SecurityPermission[] securityPermissions() default {};

	/**
	 * Specifies the level of transaction support provided by the resource
	 * adapter.
	 * 
	 * @see TransactionSupport.TransactionSupportLevel
	 */
	TransactionSupport.TransactionSupportLevel transactionSupport() default TransactionSupport.TransactionSupportLevel.NoTransaction;

	/**
	 * Specifies a list of fully qualified classes that implements the
	 * {@link WorkContext WorkContext} interface that a resource adapter
	 * requires the application server to support.
	 */
	Class<? extends WorkContext>[] requiredWorkContexts() default {};
}