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package org.springframework.messaging.simp.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.core.annotation.AliasFor;

/**
 * Annotation that indicates that the return value of a message-handling method
 * should be sent as a {@link org.springframework.messaging.Message} to the specified
 * destination(s) prepended with <code>"/user/{username}"</code> where the user name
 * is extracted from the headers of the input message being handled.
 *
 * <p>The annotation may also be placed at class-level in which case all methods
 * in the class where the annotation applies will inherit it.

 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 * @author Sam Brannen
 * @since 4.0
 * @see org.springframework.messaging.simp.annotation.support.SendToMethodReturnValueHandler
 * @see org.springframework.messaging.simp.user.UserDestinationMessageHandler
 * @see org.springframework.messaging.simp.SimpMessageHeaderAccessor#getUser()
 */
@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface SendToUser {

	/**
	 * Alias for {@link #destinations}.
	 * @see #destinations
	 */
	@AliasFor("destinations")
	String[] value() default {};

	/**
	 * One or more destinations to send a message to.
	 * <p>If left unspecified, a default destination is selected based on the
	 * destination of the input message being handled.
	 * @since 4.2
	 * @see #value
	 * @see org.springframework.messaging.simp.annotation.support.SendToMethodReturnValueHandler
	 */
	@AliasFor("value")
	String[] destinations() default {};

	/**
	 * Whether messages should be sent to all sessions associated with the user
	 * or only to the session of the input message being handled.
	 * <p>By default, this is set to {@code true} in which case messages are
	 * broadcast to all sessions.
     */
    boolean broadcast() default true;

}