/* * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors. * * 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.springframework.scheduling.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; /** * Container annotation that aggregates several {@link Scheduled} annotations. * * <p>Can be used natively, declaring several nested {@link Scheduled} annotations. * Can also be used in conjunction with Java 8's support for repeatable annotations, * where {@link Scheduled} can simply be declared several times on the same method, * implicitly generating this container annotation. * * <p>This annotation may be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create custom * <em>composed annotations</em>. * * @author Juergen Hoeller * @since 4.0 * @see Scheduled */ @Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE}) @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) @Documented public @interface Schedules { Scheduled[] value(); }