Type.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2010 Fraunhofer IWU and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 * Contributors:
 *     Fraunhofer IWU - initial API and implementation
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package net.enilink.composition.properties.annotations;

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

/**
 * Methods with this annotation will use the configured type instead of the
 * actual return type of the method. Intended to help with the internal mapping
 * and ease-of-use for lists etc. while keeping the bean interface clean.
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD })
public @interface Type {
	String value();
}