/*
* ============================================================================
* GNU Lesser General Public License
* ============================================================================
*
* Beanlet - JSE Application Container.
* Copyright (C) 2006 Leon van Zantvoort
*
* This library 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.
*
* This library 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 library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
* Leon van Zantvoort
* 243 Acalanes Drive #11
* Sunnyvale, CA 94086
* USA
*
* zantvoort@users.sourceforge.net
* http://beanlet.org
*/
package org.beanlet;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Applied to a business method of a class. Indicates that the stateful
* reference is to be removed by the container after completion of the method.
*
* {@beanlet.annotation}
*
* @author Leon van Zantvoort
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface Remove {
/**
* If <tt>true</tt>, the reference will not be removed if an
* exception or error is thrown from the designated method.
*/
boolean retainIfException() default false;
}