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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.
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package com.vectorprint.configuration.annotation;

import com.vectorprint.VectorPrintRuntimeException;
import com.vectorprint.configuration.EnhancedMap;

/**
 * Processes objects looking for fields annotated with {@link Setting} or {@link Settings}, when both are present only {@link Settings} is processed. When the field has no value a value from settings will be required, when none is
 * found you will get a {@link VectorPrintRuntimeException}
 * @author Eduard Drenth at VectorPrint.nl
 * @see EnhancedMap#getGenericProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class) 
 */
public interface SettingsAnnotationProcessor {
   
   void initSettings(Object o, EnhancedMap settings);
   void initSettings(Object o);

}