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1   /*
2    Spring-Annotation, an easy way to configre Spring-Framework without all that XML.
3    Copyright (C) 2007 Rodrigo Urubatan Ferreira Jardim (http://www.urubatan.com.br)
4   
5    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9   
10   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
13   Lesser General Public License for more details.
14  
15   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
18  
19   <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html</a>
20   */
21  package net.sourceforge.sannotations.annotation;
22  
23  import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
24  import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
25  import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
26  import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
27  import java.lang.annotation.Target;
28  
29  /***
30   * Optional way to configure properties of a bean, the preferred way is to work with autowire. 
31   * @author Urubatan
32   */
33  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
34  @Target(ElementType.FIELD)
35  @Documented
36  public @interface Property {
37  	/***
38  	 * equivalent to the natural value of the property, do not use it if you want to reference another bean 
39  	 */
40  	String value() default "";
41  	/***
42  	 * name of another configured bean to use as the value for this property 
43  	 */
44  	String bean() default "";
45  }