Configurable.java

/**
 * 
 * Funf: Open Sensing Framework
 * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Nadav Aharony, Wei Pan, Alex Pentland.
 * Acknowledgments: Alan Gardner
 * Contact: nadav@media.mit.edu
 * 
 * This file is part of Funf.
 * 
 * Funf 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 3 of
 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * Funf 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.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with Funf. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 */
package edu.mit.media.funf.config;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Used to indicate that a particular field is configurable. The name of the
 * field will be used as the configuration name, and the default value will be
 * calculated by creating an instance with no config and inspecting what value
 * gets created.
 * 
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(FIELD)
@Inherited
public @interface Configurable {
	/**
	 * @return Overrides the field name, if specified.
	 */
	String name() default "";
}