/**
* Copyright (C) 2012 Google, Inc.
*
* 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.onebusaway.federations.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Directs the creation of a {@link FederatedServiceMethodInvocationHandler}
* where the handler class is specified directly using the {@link #handler()}
* annotation. The specified class will be instantiated and used as the
* federated service method invocation handler for the annotated method.
*
* This annotation can be used when none of the existing annotation methods work
* quite right.
*
* @author bdferris
* @see FederatedServiceMethodInvocationHandlerFactory
* @see FederatedByEntityIdsMethodInvocationHandlerImpl
*/
@Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(value = ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface FederatedByCustomMethod {
public Class<? extends FederatedServiceMethodInvocationHandler> handler();
}