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Central module for Tapestry, containing interfaces to the Java Servlet API and all core services and components.

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package org.apache.tapestry5.annotations;

import org.apache.tapestry5.Block;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.Inject;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UseWith;
import static org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.AnnotationUseContext.*;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Optional annotation, used with {@link Inject}, which exists to provide the id of an object when it can not be
 * determined by other means (such as from the field name). Currently, this is used when injecting a {@link Block}.
 */
@Target(FIELD)
@Documented
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@UseWith({COMPONENT,MIXIN,PAGE,SERVICE})
public @interface Id
{
    /**
     * The id.
     */
    String value();
}