001// Copyright 2006, 2007, 2009 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations; 016 017import java.lang.annotation.Documented; 018import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD; 019import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE; 020import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 021import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; 022import java.lang.annotation.Target; 023 024/** 025 * Marker annotation placed on a service builder method to indicate that the service should be eagerly loaded: realized 026 * as if a service method had been invoked. Service realization invokes the service builder method and applys any 027 * decorators to the service. 028 * <p/> 029 * This annotation may also be placed directly on a service implementation class, when using autobuilding via the {@link 030 * org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.ServiceBinder}. 031 */ 032@Target( 033 { TYPE, METHOD }) 034@Retention(RUNTIME) 035@Documented 036@UseWith(AnnotationUseContext.SERVICE) 037public @interface EagerLoad 038{ 039 040}