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
021package org.granite.messaging.amf.io.util.externalizer.annotation;
022
023import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
024import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
025import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
026import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
027import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
028import java.lang.annotation.Target;
029
030import 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})
039public @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}