de.lab4inf.math.Service Maven / Gradle / Ivy
/*
* Project: Lab4Math
*
* Copyright (c) 2008-2012, Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Wulff
* University of Applied Sciences, Muenster, Germany
* Lab for computer sciences (Lab4Inf).
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*
*/
package de.lab4inf.math;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Marker annotation for a Lab4Math service to be located by a ServiceLoader like the L4MLoader
* utility.
*
* An interface T annotated by @Service can be located via:
*
*
*
* T anInstance = L4MLoader.load(T.class);
*
*
*
* @author nwulff
* @version $Id: Service.java,v 1.3 2013/02/26 16:57:44 nwulff Exp $
* @since 08.01.2012
*/
@Documented
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Service {
String value() default "";
}