com.vaadin.annotations.JavaScript Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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*
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*
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package com.vaadin.annotations;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import com.vaadin.server.ClientConnector;
/**
* If this annotation is present on a {@link ClientConnector} class, the
* framework ensures the referenced JavaScript files are loaded before the init
* method for the corresponding client-side connector is invoked.
*
* Absolute URLs including protocol and host are used as is on the client-side.
* Relative URLs are mapped to APP/PUBLISHED/[url] which are by default served
* from the classpath relative to the class where the annotation is defined.
*
* The file is only loaded if it has not already been loaded, determined as
* follows:
*
* - For absolute URLs, the URL is considered loaded if the same URL has
* previously been loaded using {@code @JavaScript} or if a script tag loaded
* from the same URL was present in the DOM when the Vaadin client-side was
* initialized.
*
- For relative URLs, the URL is considered loaded if another file with the
* same name has already been loaded using {@code @JavaScript}, even if that
* file was loaded from a different folder.
*
*
* Example: @JavaScript({"http://host.com/file1.js", "file2.js"})
* on the class com.example.MyConnector would load the file
* http://host.com/file1.js as is and file2.js from /com/example/file2.js on the
* server's classpath using the ClassLoader that was used to load
* com.example.MyConnector.
*
* @author Vaadin Ltd
* @since 7.0.0
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
public @interface JavaScript {
/**
* JavaScript files to load before initializing the client-side connector.
*
* @return an array of JavaScript file urls
*/
public String[] value();
}