1 package org.apache.beehive.controls.api.bean; 2 /* 3 * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation 4 * 5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 8 * 9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 10 * 11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15 * limitations under the License. 16 * 17 * $Header:$ 18 */ 19 20 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 21 import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 22 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 23 import java.lang.annotation.Target; 24 25 /** 26 * The Control annotation type is used to annotate a field within a control 27 * client source file that is a control reference. It is the declarative 28 * mechanism for instantiating controls in Java clients. Java Controls 29 * runtime implementations will automatically initialize such annotated field 30 * references to an appropriate Java Control Bean of the requested type, 31 * and perform event listener hookup etc. 32 */ 33 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 34 @Target({ElementType.FIELD}) 35 public @interface Control 36 { 37 38 } 39