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Public API to the Mattress framework. This is essentially what JSR 311 should be.

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/*
 * Copyright 2007-2008, Josh Devins.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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package org.mattressframework.api.annotations;

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

/**
 * An annotation marking that a resource bean or method is adding to the overall
 * endpoint path.
 * 
 * 
 * This differs from JSR 311 in that we always assume paths need to be encoded.
 * Also, there is no "limited" field in our version, since it was deemed to be
 * overly complicated and unnecessary. See JSR 311 for further details.
 * 
 * 
 * @author Josh Devins ([email protected])
 */
@Documented
@Inherited
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target( { ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD })
public @interface Path {

    /**
     * Defines a URI template for the resource. Paths are relative to the base
     * URI of the container.
     */
    String value();
}