SdiConverter.java

/**
 * Copyright (c) 2014 by the original author or authors.
 *
 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or
 * substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
 * BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
 * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
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 */


package ch.sdi.core.annotations;

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


/**
 * Classes with this annotation are assumed to be data converters
 * (see {@link ch.sdi.core.intf.FieldConverter<T>})
 *
 * @version 1.0 (09.11.2014)
 * @author  Heri
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface SdiConverter
{

    /**
     * The value is mandatory and specifies the converter type as used in configurations.<p>
     *
     * @return the name of the converter
     */
    String value();

}