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 * Copyright 2012 Benjamin Diedrichsen
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package dorkbox.messageBus.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Mark any method of any class(=listener) as a message handler and configure the handler
 * using different properties.
 *
 * @author bennidi
 *         Date: 2/8/12
 * @author dorkbox
 *         Date: 2/2/15
 */
@Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Inherited
@Target(value = {ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
public
@interface Handler {

    /**
     * Define whether or not the handler accepts sub types of the message type it declares in its
     * signature.
     */
    boolean acceptSubtypes() default true;

    /**
     * Enable or disable the handler. Disabled handlers do not receive any messages.
     * This property is useful for quick changes in configuration and necessary to disable
     * handlers that have been declared by a superclass but do not apply to the subclass
     */
    boolean enabled() default true;
}