/**
* $Id: EntityLastModified.java 105077 2012-02-24 22:54:29Z ottenhoff@longsight.com $
* $URL: https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/entitybroker/trunk/api/src/java/org/sakaiproject/entitybroker/entityprovider/annotations/EntityLastModified.java $
* EntityId.java - entity-broker - Apr 13, 2008 12:17:49 PM - azeckoski
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package org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.util.Date;
/**
* Marks a getter method or field as the last modified time code (unix time code) for an entity,
* this can be a {@link Date}, {@link Long}, long, or {@link String} (will attempt to convert this to a long)<br/>
* the convention is to try to convert the return from the
* "getLastModified" method or the value in the "lastModified" field<br/>
* <b>NOTE:</b> This annotation should only be used once in a class,
* the getter method must take no arguments and return an object
*
* @author Aaron Zeckoski (aaron@caret.cam.ac.uk)
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD})
public @interface EntityLastModified { }