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package org.jboss.managed.api.annotation;

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

import org.jboss.managed.api.Fields;
import org.jboss.managed.api.ManagedProperty;
import org.jboss.managed.spi.factory.ManagedPropertyConstraintsPopulator;
import org.jboss.managed.spi.factory.ManagedPropertyConstraintsPopulatorFactory;

/**
 * ManagementProperty annotation for describing a ManagedProperty
 * 
 * @author Adrian Brock
 * @author [email protected]
 * @version $Revision: 65897 $
 */
@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface ManagementProperty
{
   /** The description */
   String description() default ManagementConstants.GENERATED;

   /** The external name of the property. If undefined its taken
    * from the property the annotation is on.
    */
   String name() default AnnotationDefaults.EMPTY_STRING;

   /** The internal name of the property as it relates to metadata */
   String mappedName() default AnnotationDefaults.EMPTY_STRING;

   /** Whether this property is mandatory */
   boolean mandatory() default false;
   
   /** Whether to create a managed object for the property */
   boolean managed() default false;
   
   /** Whether to ignore this property */
   boolean ignored() default false;

   /** The views this property should be used in */
   ViewUse[] use() default {ViewUse.CONFIGURATION};

   /** The class to use for the ManagedProperty implementation */
   Class propertyFactory() default NULL_PROPERTY_FACTORY.class;
   /** The class to use for the ManagedProperty Fields implementation */
   Class fieldsFactory() default NULL_FIELDS_FACTORY.class;
   /** The constraints, allowed values populator factory */
   Class constraintsFactory() default NULL_CONSTRAINTS.class;

   /**
    * Used in {@link ManagementProperty#constraintsFactory()} to
    * signal that the factory be inferred from the type
    * of the property.
    */
   public static final class NULL_CONSTRAINTS implements ManagedPropertyConstraintsPopulatorFactory
   {
      public ManagedPropertyConstraintsPopulator newInstance()
      {
         return null;
      }
   }

   /**
    * Used in {@link ManagementProperty#fieldsFactory()} to
    * indicate that no Fields factory is defined.
    */
   public static abstract class NULL_FIELDS_FACTORY implements Fields
   {
   }

   /**
    * Used in {@link ManagementProperty#propertyFactory()} to
    * indicate that no ManagedProperty factory is defined.
    */
   public static abstract class NULL_PROPERTY_FACTORY implements ManagedProperty
   {
   }
}