/*
* Grapht, an open source dependency injector.
* Copyright 2014-2015 various contributors (see CONTRIBUTORS.txt)
* Copyright 2010-2014 Regents of the University of Minnesota
*
* This program 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 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 General Public License for more
* details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
* this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51
* Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
package org.grouplens.grapht.annotation;
import javax.inject.Qualifier;
import java.lang.annotation.*;
/**
* Attribute is an auxiliary annotation, like {@link Qualifier}, that can be
* used to add additional information to injection points (setters,
* constructors, fields). Unlike qualifiers, attributes do not determine the
* outcome of bindings, they only add information that is accessible in the
* final dependency graph.
*
* @author <a href="http://grouplens.org">GroupLens Research</a>
*/
@Documented
@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Attribute { }