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package javax.ejb;

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

/**
 * Indicates a dependency on the local, no-interface, or remote view of an Enterprise
 * JavaBean.
 * 
 * Either the beanName or the lookup element can 
 * be used to resolve the EJB dependency to its target session bean component.  
 * It is an error to specify values for both beanName and 
 * lookup.
 * 

 * If no explicit linking information is provided and there is only one session
 * bean within the same application that exposes the matching client view type,
 * by default the EJB dependency resolves to that session bean.
 *
 * @since EJB 3.0
 */

@Target({TYPE, METHOD, FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface EJB {

    /**
     * The logical name of the ejb reference within the declaring component's
     * (e.g., java:comp/env) environment.
     */
    String name() default "";

    /**
     * A string describing the bean.
     */
    String description() default "";

    /**
     * The beanName element references the value of the name 
     * element of the Stateful or Stateless annotation, 
     * whether defaulted or explicit. If the deployment descriptor was used to define 
     * the name of the bean, the beanName element references the 
     * ejb-name element of the bean definition.
     * 

     * The beanName element allows disambiguation if multiple session 
     * beans in the ejb-jar implement the same interface. 
     * 

     * In order to reference a bean in another ejb-jar file in the same application, 
     * the beanName may be composed of a path name specifying the ejb-jar 
     * containing the referenced bean with the bean name of the target bean appended and 
     * separated from the path name by #. The path name is relative to the jar file 
     * containing the component that is referencing the target bean.
     * 

     * Only applicable if the target EJB is defined within the 
     * same application or stand-alone module as the declaring component.
     */
    String beanName() default "";

    /**
     * The interface type of the Enterprise Java Bean to which this reference
     * is mapped.
     * 

     * Holds one of the following types of the target EJB :
     * 

     *  Local business interface
     * 
 Bean class (for no-interface view)
     * 
 Remote business interface
     * 
 Local Home interface
     * 
 Remote Home interface
     * 
     */
    Class beanInterface() default Object.class;

    /**
     * The product specific name of the EJB component to which this
     * ejb reference should be mapped.  This mapped name is often a
     * global JNDI name, but may be a name of any form. 
     * 
     * Application servers are not required to support any particular 
     * form or type of mapped name, nor the ability to use mapped names. 
     * The mapped name is product-dependent and often installation-dependent. 
     * No use of a mapped name is portable. 
     */ 
    String mappedName() default "";

    /**
     * A portable lookup string containing the JNDI name for the target EJB component. 
     *
     * @since EJB 3.1
     */ 
    String lookup() default "";
}