org.glassfish.jersey.spi

Annotation Type Contract

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value=TYPE)
@Documented
public @interface Contract

Used to annotate SPI provider contracts recognized by Jersey (in addition to the JAX-RS providers). All proprietary Jersey extension APIs are annotated with the @Contract annotation.

Similarly, each custom (i.e. not JAX-RS or Jersey) provider contract that must be annotated with this annotation otherwise concrete service classes implementing the provider contract would not be recognized and treated by Jersey as provider services.

Author:

Miroslav Fuksa (miroslav.fuksa at oracle.com), Marek Potociar (marek.potociar at oracle.com)