001// Copyright 2006, 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.TYPE; 019import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 020import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME; 021import java.lang.annotation.Target; 022 023/** 024 * Attached to a module class, this annotation identifies other module classes that should also be added to the 025 * Registry. This is often easier than updating the JAR Manifest. 026 */ 027@Target(TYPE) 028@Retention(RUNTIME) 029@Documented 030@UseWith(AnnotationUseContext.MODULE) 031public @interface SubModule 032{ 033 034 /** 035 * One or more classes that are also modules and should also be loaded. 036 */ 037 Class[] value(); 038}