1 // Copyright 2007 The Apache Software Foundation 2 // 3 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 4 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 5 // You may obtain a copy of the License at 6 // 7 // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 8 // 9 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 10 // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 11 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 12 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 13 // limitations under the License. 14 15 package org.apache.hivemind.annotations.definition; 16 17 import java.lang.annotation.Documented; 18 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 19 import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 20 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 21 import java.lang.annotation.Target; 22 23 /** 24 * Defines a submodule of an annotated module. The return type of the annotated method 25 * defines the class of the submodule. This class must be an annotated module class itself. 26 * 27 * @author Achim Huegen 28 */ 29 @Documented 30 @Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 31 @Target(value = ElementType.METHOD) 32 public @interface Submodule { 33 String id(); 34 } 35