001/*
002 *  Copyright 2010, 2011 Chris Pheby and Sousan Rassoul
003 *
004 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 *  limitations under the License.
015 */
016package org.jadira.bindings.core.annotation;
017
018import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
019import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
020import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
021import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
022import java.lang.annotation.Target;
023
024/**
025 * Annotation that is optionally applied when defining a ToString or FromString
026 * scope. A ToString scope is used to qualify a ToString method so that it is
027 * only invoked for the given scope.
028 * 
029 * Anyone can define a new scope. A scope annotation is annotated with @BindingScope, @Retention(RUNTIME), 
030 * and typically @Documented. For example:
031 * 
032 * <pre>
033 * &#064;java.lang.annotation.Documented
034 * &#064;java.lang.annotation.Retention(RUNTIME)
035 * &#064;BindingScope
036 * public @interface JdbcDateTime {
037 * }
038 * </pre>
039 */
040@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
041@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
042@Documented
043public @interface BindingScope {
044}