/**
 *    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.METHOD;
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;

/**
 * An annotation that marks a method as a thread stop step.
 *
 * @author Christian Trimble
 */
@Target(METHOD)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Inherited
@Documented
public @interface StopThreadStep
{
  /**
   * The local name of this step.
   */
  String localName();

  /**
   * The list of QNames of stop steps that this step should run after.
   */
  String[] after() default {};

  /**
   * The list of QNames of stop steps that this step should run before.
   */
  String[] before() default {};
}