Config.java

/**
 * diqube: Distributed Query Base.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2015 Bastian Gloeckle
 *
 * This file is part of diqube.
 *
 * diqube is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.diqube.config;

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

import org.diqube.context.AutoInstatiate;

/**
 * Annotation that will lead to the annotated field being filled with the corresponding config value on creation.
 * 
 * <p>
 * This only works for beans being {@link AutoInstatiate}d.
 *
 * @author Bastian Gloeckle
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
public @interface Config {
  /** Key of the config whose value should be inserted. See {@link ConfigKey}. */
  String value();
}