1 /*
2 * Copyright 2010, 2011 Chris Pheby and Sousan Rassoul
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.jadira.bindings.core.annotation;
17
18 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
19 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
20 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
21 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
22
23 /**
24 * This annotation, when applied to a method indicates that it is suitable for
25 * converting an object from a given representation as indicated by the method signature.
26 * <p>
27 * For any given ConverterScope, this annotation can be defined once for
28 * any related input / output class pair.
29 * <p>
30 * The annotation may be applied to either a static method or a constructor. In
31 * either case, the annotated method must have a single parameter. In the
32 * case of a method, the return type must be of the bound target class. In the
33 * case of a constructor, this must be for the bound target class.
34 */
35 @Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR })
36 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
37 public @interface From {
38 }