/*
* Copyright 2009-2010 Brian S O'Neill
*
* 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.cojen.dirmi;
import java.lang.annotation.*;
/**
* Ensure that invocation of method is ordered with respect to other remote
* methods in the same object. By default, remote methods are executed on the
* remote endpoint in any order. Ordered method execution has the greatest
* impact on {@link Asynchronous} methods. In addition, it can reduce the
* amount of concurrent thread execution.
*
* <p><pre>
* <b>@Ordered</b>
* @Asynchronous
* void logInfo(String message, DateTime timestamp) throws RemoteException;
* </pre>
*
* @author Brian S O'Neill
*/
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
public @interface Ordered {
}