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/**
 *  Copyright 2014 Reverb Technologies, Inc.
 *
 *  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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 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package com.wordnik.swagger.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.*;

/**
 * Describes a possible response of an operation.
 * 
 * This can be used to describe possible success and error codes from your REST API call.
 * You may or may not use this to describe the return type of the operation (normally a
 * successful code), but the successful response should be described as well using the
 * {@link ApiOperation}.
 * 

 * If your API has uses a different response class for these responses, you can describe them
 * here by associating a response class with a response code.
 * Note, Swagger does not allow multiple response types for a single response code.
 * 

 * This annotation is not used directly and will not be parsed by Swagger. It should be used
 * within the {@link ApiResponses}.
 *
 * @see ApiOperation
 * @see ApiResponses
 */
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Inherited
public @interface ApiResponse {
    /**
     * The HTTP status code of the response.
     * 

     * The value should be one of the formal HTTP Status Code Definitions.
     */
    int code();

    /**
     * Human-readable message to accompany the response.
     */
    String message();

    /**
     * Optional response class to describe the payload of the message.
     * 
     * Corresponds to the `responseModel` field of the response message object.
     */
    Class response() default Void.class;
}