001 /* $Id: SetNext.java 992732 2010-09-05 08:44:36Z simonetripodi $ 002 * 003 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more 004 * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with 005 * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. 006 * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 007 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 008 * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 009 * 010 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 011 * 012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 013 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 014 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 015 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 016 * limitations under the License. 017 */ 018 package org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.rules; 019 020 import java.lang.annotation.Documented; 021 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 022 import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 023 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 024 import java.lang.annotation.Target; 025 026 import org.apache.commons.digester.SetNextRule; 027 import org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.DigesterRule; 028 import org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.handlers.MethodHandler; 029 import org.apache.commons.digester.annotations.providers.SetNextRuleProvider; 030 031 /** 032 * Methods annotated with {@code SetNext} will be bound 033 * with {@code SetNextRule} digester rule. 034 * 035 * @see org.apache.commons.digester.Digester#addSetNext(String,String,String) 036 * @since 2.1 037 */ 038 @Documented 039 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 040 @Target(ElementType.METHOD) 041 @DigesterRule( 042 reflectsRule = SetNextRule.class, 043 providedBy = SetNextRuleProvider.class, 044 handledBy = MethodHandler.class 045 ) 046 public @interface SetNext { 047 048 /** 049 * Defines the concrete implementation(s) of @SetNext annotated method 050 * argument. 051 * 052 * @return the concrete implementation(s) of @SetNext annotated method 053 * argument. 054 */ 055 Class<?>[] value() default {}; 056 057 }