001    /*
002      GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003      Copyright (C) 2011 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004    
005      This file is part of Granite Data Services.
006    
007      Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
008      it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
009      the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
010      option) any later version.
011    
012      Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
013      WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
014      FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License
015      for more details.
016    
017      You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
018      along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
019    */
020    
021    package org.granite.messaging.amf.io.util.externalizer.annotation;
022    
023    import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
024    import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
025    import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
026    import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
027    import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
028    import java.lang.annotation.Target;
029    
030    import org.granite.messaging.amf.io.util.externalizer.Externalizer;
031    
032    /**
033     * @author Franck WOLFF
034     */
035    @Documented
036    @Inherited
037    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
038    @Target({ElementType.TYPE})
039    public @interface ExternalizedBean {
040    
041        /**
042         * Set the {@link Externalizer} class to be used when externalizing the bean annotated by this
043         * annotation.
044         *
045         * @return the {@link Externalizer} class to be used.
046         */
047        Class<? extends Externalizer> type();
048    }