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package javax.faces.convert;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
/**
* The presence of this annotation
* on a class automatically registers the class with the runtime as a
* {@link Converter}. The value of the {@link #value} attribute is
* taken to be converter-id, the value of the {@link #forClass}
* attribute is taken to be converter-for-class and the fully
* qualified class name of the class to which this annotation is
* attached is taken to be the converter-class. The
* implementation must guarantee that for each class annotated with
* FacesConverter, found with the algorithm in section
* JSF.11.5, the proper variant of
* Application.addConverter() is called. If
* converter-id is not the empty string, {@link
* javax.faces.application.Application#addConverter(java.lang.String,java.lang.String)}
* is called, passing the derived converter-id as the first
* argument and the derived converter-class as the second
* argument. If converter-id is the empty string, {@link
* javax.faces.application.Application#addConverter(java.lang.Class,java.lang.String)}
* is called, passing the converter-for-class as the first
* argument and the derived converter-class as the second
* argument. The implementation must guarantee that all such calls to
* addConverter() happen during application startup time
* and before any requests are serviced.
*
* The preceding text contains an important
* subtlety which application users should understand. It is not
* possible to use a single {@code @FacesConverter} annotation to
* register a single {@code Converter} implementation both in the {@code
* by-class} and the {@code by-converter-id} data structures. One way
* to achieve this result is to put the actual converter logic in an
* abstract base class, without a {@code @FacesConverter} annotation,
* and derive two sub-classes, each with a {@code @FacesConverter}
* annotation. One sub-class has a {@code value} attribute but no
* {@code forClass} attribute, and the other sub-class has the converse.
* Please see the ViewDeclarationLanguage documentation for {@code
* } for another important subtlety regarding
* converters and collections.
*
*
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Inherited
public @interface FacesConverter {
/**
* The value of this annotation
* attribute is taken to be the converter-id with which
* instances of this class of converter can be instantiated by
* calling {@link
* javax.faces.application.Application#createConverter(java.lang.String)}.
*/
String value() default "";
/**
* The value of this annotation
* attribute is taken to be the converter-for-class with
* which instances of this class of converter can be instantiated by
* calling {@link
* javax.faces.application.Application#createConverter(java.lang.Class)}.
*/
Class forClass() default Object.class;
}