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// Bristleback plugin - Copyright (c) 2010 bristleback.googlecode.com
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package pl.bristleback.server.bristle.integration.spring;

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

/**
 * This annotation marks method to be Spring bean dependency setter.
 * To enable Spring integration, which means enabling processing this annotation, see {@link pl.bristleback.server.bristle.integration.spring.SpringIntegrationUtil} documentation.
 * In later time, annotation support will be extended to fields, so no setter method will be required.
 * 
 * Created on: 2010-10-04 17:36:27 

 *
 * @author Wojciech Niemiec
 */
@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface BristleSpringBean {
  /**
   * User must specify Spring reference name to have dependency properly injected.
   * Possible todo is to get reference name from setter using Bean convention.
   *
   * @return Spring bean reference.
   */
  String ref();
}