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/* Copyright 2012 Tacit Knowledge
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package com.tacitknowledge.flip.context;

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

/**
 * The annotation used to set the name of property in context. This annotation
 * could not be used if the name of property could be evaluated from method name
 * using the rules described in {@link ContextDescriptor#getProperties()}. If the
 * method is annotated and the value is specified then this name is used as a property
 * name. If the value is not specified then the method is marked as anonymous property
 * method (see {@link ContextDescriptor#getAnonymousProperties() }.
 * 
 * @author Serghei Soloviov 
 * @author Petric Coroli 
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface FlipContextProperty
{

    /**
     * The name of context property whose value will return this method.
     */
    String value() default "";
}