Finder.java

/*
   Copyright (c) 2012 LinkedIn Corp.

   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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*/

/**
 * $Id: $
 */

package com.linkedin.restli.server.annotations;


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


/**
 * Method-level annotation for 'finder' methods e.g. /people-search?q=search&name=bob&title=ceo. Note that
 * the annotation just names the finder and implementations @QueryParam to annotate parameters in
 * the method signature
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface Finder
{
  /** Name of this Finder */
  String value();
}