/**
* Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
* and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
* copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
* contributors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (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.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package org.mapstruct;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Advises the code generator to apply all the {@link Mapping}s from an inverse mapping method to the annotated method
* as well. An inverse mapping method is a method which has the annotated method's source type as target type (return
* type or indicated through a parameter annotated with {@link MappingTarget}) and the annotated method's target type as
* source type.
* <p>
* Any mappings given on the annotated method itself are added to those mappings inherited from the inverse method. In
* case of a conflict local mappings take precedence over inherited mappings.
* <p>
* If more than one matching inverse method exists, the name of the method to inherit the configuration from must be
* specified via {@link #name()}
*
* @author Sjaak Derksen
*/
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
public @interface InheritInverseConfiguration {
/**
* The name of the inverse mapping method to inherit the mappings from. Needs only to be specified in case more than
* one inverse method with matching source and target type exists.
*
* @return The name of the inverse mapping method to inherit the mappings from.
*/
String name() default "";
}