EnableRetry.java

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package org.springframework.retry.annotation;

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.springframework.context.annotation.EnableAspectJAutoProxy;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;

/**
 * Global enabler for <code>@Retryable</code> annotations in Spring beans. If this is
 * declared on any <code>@Configuration</code> in the context then beans that have
 * retryable methods will be proxied and the retry handled according to the metadata in
 * the annotations.
 * 
 * @author Dave Syer
 * @since 2.0
 *
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@EnableAspectJAutoProxy(proxyTargetClass = false)
@Import(RetryConfiguration.class)
@Documented
public @interface EnableRetry {

	/**
	 * Indicate whether subclass-based (CGLIB) proxies are to be created as opposed
	 * to standard Java interface-based proxies. The default is {@code false}.
	 *
	 * @return whether to proxy or not to proxy the class
	 */
	boolean proxyTargetClass() default false;

}