package java.lang.annotation;
/**
* Indicates how long annotations with the annotated type are to
* be retained. If no Retention annotation is present on
* an annotation type declaration, the retention policy defaults to
* {@code RetentionPolicy.CLASS}.
*
* <p>A Retention meta-annotation has effect only if the
* meta-annotated type is used directly for annotation. It has no
* effect if the meta-annotated type is used as a member type in
* another annotation type.
*
* @author Joshua Bloch
* @since 1.5
* @jls 9.6.4.2 @Retention
*/
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE)
public @interface Retention {
/**
* Returns the retention policy.
* @return the retention policy
*/
RetentionPolicy value();
}
package org.springframework.stereotype;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
/**
* Indicates that an annotated class is a "Service", originally defined by Domain-Driven
* Design (Evans, 2003) as "an operation offered as an interface that stands alone in the
* model, with no encapsulated state."
*
* <p>May also indicate that a class is a "Business Service Facade" (in the Core J2EE
* patterns sense), or something similar. This annotation is a general-purpose stereotype
* and individual teams may narrow their semantics and use as appropriate.
*
* <p>This annotation serves as a specialization of {@link Component @Component},
* allowing for implementation classes to be autodetected through classpath scanning.
*
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @since 2.5
* @see Component
* @see Repository
*/
@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
@Component
public @interface Service {
/**
* The value may indicate a suggestion for a logical component name,
* to be turned into a Spring bean in case of an autodetected component.
* @return the suggested component name, if any (or empty String otherwise)
*/
@AliasFor(annotation = Component.class)
String value() default "";
}