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package javax.faces.component;
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
* UIComponent}. The value of the {@link #value} attribute is taken to
* be the component-type and the fully qualified class name of
* the class to which this annotation is attached is taken to be the
* component-class. The implementation must guarantee that for
* each class annotated with FacesComponent, found with the
* scanning algorithm in section JSF.11.5, {@link
* javax.faces.application.Application#addComponent(java.lang.String,java.lang.String)}
* is called, passing the derived component-type as the first
* argument and the derived component-class as the second
* argument. The implementation must guarantee that all such calls to
* addComponent() happen during application startup time
* and before any requests are serviced.
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Inherited
public @interface FacesComponent {
/**
* The value of this annotation
* attribute is taken to be the component-type with which
* instances of this class of component can be instantiated by
* calling {@link
* javax.faces.application.Application#createComponent(java.lang.String)}
*/
String value();
}