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.ElementType;
019import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
020import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
021import java.lang.annotation.Target;
022
023/**
024 * Defines a Binding with default scope. Default scope is applied to a
025 * Binding annotated by this annotation, or alternatively, to a Binding
026 * which is not annotated with any scope.
027 * 
028 * Typically this scope is used for a defacto toString, fromString method on a
029 * type.
030 */
031@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
032@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
033@BindingScope
034public @interface DefaultBinding {
035}