/**
* Copyright 2011 meltmedia
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.xchain.framework.lifecycle;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
/**
* <p>The annotation that identifies a class that participates in the XChain Lifecycle. Classes that specify this annotation will be scanned for lifecycle methods that have the StartStep and StopStep
* annotations. If any of the methods found are instance methods, then classes annotated with LifecycelClass must also provide a static method annotated with LifecycleAccessor.</p>
*
* @author Christian Trimble
* @author John Trimble
*/
@Target(TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface LifecycleClass
{
/**
* @return the qName for this lifecycle step. The qName is in the form {uri}localName.
*/
String uri();
}