1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation; 18 19 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 20 import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 21 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 22 import java.lang.annotation.Target; 23 24 /** 25 * Marks a method (typically a JavaBean setter method) as being 'required' (i.e. the 26 * (setter) method must be configured to be dependency injected with a value). 27 * 28 * <p>Please do consult the Javadoc for the {@link RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor} 29 * class (which, by default, checks for the presence of this annotation). 30 * 31 * @author Rob Harrop 32 * @since 2.0 33 * @see RequiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor 34 */ 35 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 36 @Target(ElementType.METHOD) 37 public @interface Required { 38 39 } 40