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package javax.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;

/**
 * The PreDestroy annotation is used on a method as a 
 * callback notification to signal that the instance is in the 
 * process of being removed by the container. The method annotated 
 * with PreDestroy is typically used to 
 * release resources that it has been holding. This annotation must be 
 * supported by all container-managed objects that support the use of
 * the PostConstruct annotation except the Java EE application 
 * client. The method on which the PreDestroy annotation 
 * is applied must fulfill all of the following criteria:
 * 
 * The method must not have any parameters except in the case of
 * interceptors in which case it takes an InvocationContext
 * object as defined by the Interceptors specification.
 * The method defined on an interceptor class or superclass of an
 * interceptor class must have one of the following signatures:
 * 
 * void <METHOD>(InvocationContext)
 * 

 * Object <METHOD>(InvocationContext) throws Exception
 * 

 * Note: A PreDestroy interceptor method must not throw application
 * exceptions, but it may be declared to throw checked exceptions including
 * the java.lang.Exception if the same interceptor method interposes on
 * business or timeout methods in addition to lifecycle events. If a
 * PreDestroy interceptor method returns a value, it is ignored by
 * the container.
 * 
 * The method defined on a non-interceptor class must have the
 * following signature:
 * 
 * void <METHOD>()
 * 
 * The method on which PreDestroy is applied may be public, protected, 
 * package private or private.
 * The method must not be static.
 * The method should not be final.
 * If the method throws an unchecked exception it is ignored by
 * the container.
 * 
 *
 * @see javax.annotation.PostConstruct
 * @see javax.annotation.Resource
 * @since 1.6, Common Annotations 1.0
 */

@Documented
@Retention (RUNTIME)
@Target(METHOD)
public @interface PreDestroy {
}