001/**
002 *   GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003 *   Copyright (C) 2006-2013 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004 *
005 *   This file is part of the Granite Data Services Platform.
006 *
007 *   Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
008 *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
009 *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
010 *   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
011 *
012 *   Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
015 *   General Public License for more details.
016 *
017 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
018 *   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
019 *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
020 *   USA, or see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
021 */
022package org.granite.messaging.amf.io.util.externalizer.annotation;
023
024import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
025import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
026import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
027import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
028import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
029import java.lang.annotation.Target;
030
031import org.granite.messaging.amf.io.util.externalizer.Externalizer;
032
033/**
034 * @author Franck WOLFF
035 */
036@Documented
037@Inherited
038@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
039@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
040public @interface ExternalizedBean {
041
042    /**
043     * Set the {@link Externalizer} class to be used when externalizing the bean annotated by this
044     * annotation.
045     *
046     * @return the {@link Externalizer} class to be used.
047     */
048    Class<? extends Externalizer> type();
049}