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package jakarta.faces.annotation;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

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

import jakarta.enterprise.util.AnnotationLiteral;
import jakarta.enterprise.util.Nonbinding;
import jakarta.faces.application.Application;
import jakarta.faces.context.FacesContext;
import jakarta.inject.Qualifier;

/**
 * 
 * The presence of this annotation (along with {@code @Inject}) on a field of any type causes the value returned from
 * evaluating an expression language expression to be injected as the value of that field.
 * 
 * This expression will be evaluated using {@link Application#evaluateExpressionGet(jakarta.faces.context.FacesContext, String, Class)},
 * which in turn implies that the {@link FacesContext#getCurrentInstance()} must be available at the moment of the evaluation.
 * 
 * 
 */

@Qualifier
@Target(FIELD)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface ManagedProperty {


    /**
     * 
     * Taken to be the value that is injected into the field.
     * 
     *
     * @return the value.
     */
    @Nonbinding
    String value();

    /**
     * 
     * Supports inline instantiation of the {@link ManagedProperty} qualifier.
     * 
     *
     * @since 4.0
     */
    public static final class Literal extends AnnotationLiteral implements ManagedProperty {

        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

        /**
         * Instance of the {@link ManagedProperty} qualifier.
         */
        public static final Literal INSTANCE = of("");

        private final String value;

        public static Literal of(String value) {
            return new Literal(value);
        }

        private Literal(String value) {
            this.value = value;
        }

        @Override
        public String value() {
            return value;
        }
    }

}