/*
 * Copyright (C) 2015 LibreCCM Foundation.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
 * MA 02110-1301  USA
 */
package org.libreccm.portation;

import org.libreccm.core.Identifiable;

import javax.inject.Qualifier;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Qualifier annotation for implementations of {@link AbstractMarshaller}. The
 * value is the implementation of {@link Identifiable} for which the annotated
 * {@link AbstractMarshaller} implementation exports and imports its instances.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:tosmers@uni-bremen.de>Tobias Osmers</a>
 * @version created the 2/24/16
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Qualifier
@Target({ElementType.TYPE,
        ElementType.PARAMETER,
        ElementType.FIELD,
        ElementType.METHOD})
public @interface Marshals {

    Class<? extends Portable> value();
}
