/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Civilian Framework.
 *
 * Licensed under the Civilian License (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.civilian-framework.org/license.txt
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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 */
package org.civilian.annotation;


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


/**
 * MethodArgProvider is an annotation
 * which contains the class name of an
 * {@link org.civilian.controller.MethodArgProvider} implementation.  
 * It should be used on custom annotation classes 
 * which are intended to be used on parameters of
 * controller action methods.
 */
@Target({java.lang.annotation.ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface MethodArgProvider
{
	/**
	 * Returns the name of a class which implements {@link org.civilian.controller.MethodArgProvider}.
	 */
	public abstract String value();
}