1 package org.apache.commons.digester3.annotations;
2
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21
22 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
23 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
24 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
25 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
26 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
27 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
28 import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
29
30 import org.apache.commons.digester3.Rule;
31
32 /**
33 * Meta-annotation that marks an annotation as part of commons-digester.
34 *
35 * @since 2.1
36 */
37 @Documented
38 @Target( ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE )
39 @Retention( RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME )
40 public @interface DigesterRule
41 {
42
43 /**
44 * The reflected commons-digester rule.
45 */
46 Class<? extends Rule> reflectsRule();
47
48 /**
49 * The handler that takes care on converting this annotation in the related
50 * {@link AnnotationHandler} and adds it to the {@link FromAnnotationsRuleModule}
51 */
52 Class<? extends AnnotationHandler<? extends Annotation, ? extends AnnotatedElement>> handledBy();
53
54 }