/**
 * AnalyzerBeans
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Neopost - Customer Information Management
 *
 * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
 * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * This program 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 this distribution; if not, write to:
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
 * Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */
package org.eobjects.analyzer.beans.api;

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

import javax.inject.Qualifier;

/**
 * Annotation containing supplementary metadata about a number property. This
 * metadata can be used as a way to give hints to the UI as to how the content
 * should be presented.
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ ElementType.FIELD })
@Documented
@Inherited
@Qualifier
public @interface NumberProperty {

    /**
     * @return true if this number may be a negative number.
     */
    public boolean positive() default true;

    /**
     * @return true if this number may be a positive number.
     */
    public boolean negative() default true;

    /**
     * @return true if this number may be zero.
     */
    public boolean zero() default true;

}