/*
* Copyright (c) 2007, Rickard Öberg. All Rights Reserved.
*
* 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
* limitations under the License.
*
*/
package org.qi4j.api.injection.scope;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import org.qi4j.api.injection.InjectionScope;
/**
* Annotation to denote the injection of a property, association or
* StateHolder.
* <pre><code>
* @State Property<String> propertyName;
* @State Association<MyEntity> associationName;
* @State ManyAssociation<MyEntity> manyAssociationName;
* @State StateHolder state;
* @State AssociationStateHolder associationState;
* </code></pre>
*/
@Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
@Target( { ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER } )
@Documented
@InjectionScope
public @interface State
{
/**
* Name of the property or association.
* If not set then name will be name of field.
*
* @return the name
*/
public abstract String value() default "";
}