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A library for configuration of applications and parameterization of objects. Settings can be provided in a configfile (file, url, stream), as arguments and programmatically, object parameters can be set using annotations or code. Both provide data type support, serialization, cloning, a help mechanism.

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/*
 * Copyright 2015 VectorPrint.
 *
 * 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
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 * 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
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package com.vectorprint.configuration.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
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;

/**
 * A field in an object can obtain its value from settings by annotating it with this annotation.
 * @author Eduard Drenth at VectorPrint.nl
 * @see SettingAnnotationProcessor
 */
@Documented
@Inherited
@Target({ElementType.FIELD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Setting {
   
   String key();
   
}