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<p><a name="BlueprintAnnotation-Introduction"></a></p>
<h1 id="introduction">Introduction<a class="headerlink" href="#introduction" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
<p>Blueprint annotation is being prototyped in Apache Aries in
trunk/blueprint. The blueprint annotation service is an optional service
to the blueprint core and should not affect the blueprint core if
annotation supported is not required. If the blueprint annotation service
is available, the bundle contains no blueprint definition XML and the
bundle contains the manifest header <em>Bundle-Blueprint-Annotation</em> with
the value set to true, the blueprint annotation service will attempt to
scan the bundle for blueprint annotations, such as @Blueprint, @Bean,
@Service, @Reference, @ReferenceList, etc. The blueprint annotation api is
available in trunk/blueprint/blueprint-annotation-api module, while the
blueprint implementation is available in
trunk/blueprint/blueprint-annotatiom-impl module. A blueprint annotated
sample is also provided in trunk/blueprint/blueprint-sample-annotation.</p>
<p><a name="BlueprintAnnotation-OverviewofAvailableblueprintAnnotations"></a></p>
<h2 id="overview-of-available-blueprint-annotations">Overview of Available blueprint Annotations<a class="headerlink" href="#overview-of-available-blueprint-annotations" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p><a name="BlueprintAnnotation-@InjectAnnotation"></a></p>
<h3 id="inject-annotation">@Inject Annotation<a class="headerlink" href="#inject-annotation" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>@Inject annotation can be used to inject fields or methods.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Bean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">bar</span>&quot;<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">class</span> <span class="n">Bar</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Inject</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">Hello</span> <span class="n">FooBar</span>&quot;<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">private</span> <span class="n">String</span> <span class="n">value</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Inject</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ref</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">blueprintBundleContext</span>&quot;<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">private</span> <span class="n">BundleContext</span> <span class="n">context</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p><a name="BlueprintAnnotation-@BeanAnnotation"></a></p>
<h3 id="bean-annotation">@Bean Annotation<a class="headerlink" href="#bean-annotation" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>You can annotate a bean using @Bean annotation. The bean id is currently
required, even tho it is possible we may want to the annotation service to
auto generate one in the future. Optionally, you can also specify
activation, dependsOn, description, scope, factoryRef, factoryMethod and
args of the bean.</p>
<p>* Example of using args property for the @Bean annotation.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Bean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">accountOne</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">args</span><span class="p">=@</span><span class="n">Arg</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;1&quot;<span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">class</span> <span class="n">Account</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">private</span> <span class="n">long</span> <span class="n">accountNumber</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">Account</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">long</span> <span class="n">number</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">accountNumber</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">number</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>* Example of using factoryMethod and args properties for the @Bean
annotation</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Bean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">accountTwo</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">factoryMethod</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">createAccount</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">args</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Arg</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;2&quot;<span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">class</span> <span class="n">StaticAccountFactory</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">static</span> <span class="n">Account</span> <span class="n">createAccount</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">long</span> <span class="n">number</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="k">return</span> <span class="n">new</span> <span class="n">Account</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">number</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>* Example of using factoryRef, factoryMethod, and args properties for the
@Bean annotation</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Bean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">accountThree</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">factoryRef</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">accountFactory</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">factoryMethod</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">createAccount</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">args</span><span class="p">=@</span><span class="n">Arg</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">value</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;3&quot;<span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">class</span> <span class="n">NewAccount</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">private</span> <span class="n">long</span> <span class="n">accountNumber</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">NewAccount</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">long</span> <span class="n">number</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">accountNumber</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">number</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p><a name="BlueprintAnnotation-@Service,@RegistrationListener,@Register,@UnregisterAnnotations"></a></p>
<h3 id="service-registrationlistener-register-unregister-annotations">@Service, @RegistrationListener, @Register, @Unregister Annotations<a class="headerlink" href="#service-registrationlistener-register-unregister-annotations" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>If you want to register a bean as a service, you can use @Service
annotation to do so. You can specify ranking, autoExport, interfaces,
serviceProperties and registrationListeners for the service.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Bean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">foo</span>&quot;<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Service</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">autoExport</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">all</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">classes</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">serviceProperties</span> <span class="p">=</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">ServiceProperty</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">key</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">blueprint</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">annotation</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">sample</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">value</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">true</span>&quot;<span class="p">),</span>
<span class="n">registerationListeners</span> <span class="p">=</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">RegistrationListener</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ref</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">fooRegistrationListener</span>&quot;<span class="p">),</span>
<span class="n">ranking</span><span class="p">=</span>0<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">class</span> <span class="n">Foo</span> <span class="n">implements</span> <span class="n">Serializable</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="p">...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>To annotation a class as registration listener, you can use the
@RegistrationListener annotation. @Register can be used to annotate the
register-method for the registration listener and @Unregister annotation
can be used on the unregister-method for the registration listener.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Bean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">fooRegistrationListener</span>&quot;<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">RegistrationListener</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">class</span> <span class="n">FooRegistrationListener</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Register</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">void</span> <span class="n">serviceRegistered</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Serializable</span> <span class="n">foo</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Map</span> <span class="n">props</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">System</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">out</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">println</span><span class="p">(</span>&quot;<span class="n">Service</span> <span class="n">registration</span> <span class="n">notification</span><span class="p">:</span> &quot; <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">foo</span> <span class="o">+</span> &quot;
&quot; <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">props</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Unregister</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">void</span> <span class="n">serviceUnregistered</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">Foo</span> <span class="n">foo</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Map</span> <span class="n">props</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">System</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">out</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">println</span><span class="p">(</span>&quot;<span class="n">Service</span> <span class="n">unregistration</span> <span class="n">notification</span><span class="p">:</span> &quot; <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">foo</span> <span class="o">+</span>
&quot; &quot; <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">props</span><span class="p">);</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p><a name="BlueprintAnnotation-@Reference,@ReferenceList,@ReferenceListenerAnnotations"></a></p>
<h3 id="reference-referencelist-referencelistener-annotations">@Reference, @ReferenceList, @ReferenceListener Annotations<a class="headerlink" href="#reference-referencelist-referencelistener-annotations" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>For a bean that you want to act as a ReferenceListener, you can use
@ReferenceListener to annotate the bean class. </p>
<p>For the service that you want to inject the reference, you can use the
@Inject and @Reference annotation, with the id, serviceInterface, timeout
and referenceListeners properties specified for the reference. </p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Bean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">bindingListener</span>&quot;<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">ReferenceListener</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">class</span> <span class="n">BindingListener</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Inject</span> <span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Reference</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">ref2</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">serviceInterface</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">InterfaceA</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">class</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">timeout</span><span class="p">=</span>100<span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">referenceListeners</span><span class="p">=@</span><span class="n">ReferenceListener</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ref</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">bindingListener</span>&quot;<span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">private</span> <span class="n">InterfaceA</span> <span class="n">a</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">...</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Init</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">void</span> <span class="n">init</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Bind</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">void</span> <span class="n">bind</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">InterfaceA</span> <span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Map</span> <span class="n">props</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">a</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">a</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="n">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">props</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">props</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Unbind</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">void</span> <span class="n">unbind</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">InterfaceA</span> <span class="n">a</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Map</span> <span class="n">props</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="n">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">a</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">null</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="n">this</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">props</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">null</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>@ReferenceList is very similar as @Reference, except that the timeout
property is not supported in @ReferenceList, while the memberType property
is supported in @ReferenceList. This is same as the blueprint XML schema.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Bean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">listBindingListener</span>&quot;<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">ReferenceListener</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">class</span> <span class="n">ListBindingListener</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Inject</span> <span class="p">@</span><span class="n">ReferenceList</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">ref</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">list</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">serviceInterface</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="n">InterfaceA</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">class</span><span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">referenceListeners</span><span class="p">=@</span><span class="n">ReferenceListener</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ref</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">listBindingListener</span>&quot;<span class="p">))</span>
<span class="n">private</span> <span class="n">InterfaceA</span> <span class="n">a</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p><a name="BlueprintAnnotation-@Blueprintannotation"></a></p>
<h3 id="blueprint-annotation">@Blueprint annotation<a class="headerlink" href="#blueprint-annotation" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>@Blueprint annotation can be used on any class to annotate the global
property of the blueprint bundle, such as defaultActivation,
defaultTimeout, defaultAvailability.</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Blueprint</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">defaultActivation</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">eager</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">defaultTimeout</span><span class="p">=</span>300<span class="p">,</span>
<span class="n">defaultAvailability</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">optional</span>&quot;<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Bean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">bar</span>&quot;<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">class</span> <span class="n">Bar</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="p">...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p><a name="BlueprintAnnotation-Typeconverters"></a></p>
<h3 id="type-converters">Type converters<a class="headerlink" href="#type-converters" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>If type converters are desired, you can use the @Bean annotation for it.
The blueprint annotation service will recognize it as a type converter if
it implements the <em>org.osgi.service.blueprint.container.Converter</em>
interface</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Bean</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">id</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">converter1</span>&quot;<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">public</span> <span class="n">class</span> <span class="n">DateTypeConverter</span> <span class="n">implements</span> <span class="n">Converter</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="p">@</span><span class="n">Inject</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">name</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">format</span>&quot;<span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">value</span><span class="p">=</span>&quot;<span class="n">yyyy</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">MM</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">dd</span>&quot;<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">DateFormat</span> <span class="n">dateFormat</span><span class="p">;</span>
<span class="p">...</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p><a name="BlueprintAnnotation-Limitation"></a></p>
<h3 id="limitation">Limitation<a class="headerlink" href="#limitation" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Blueprint Annotation is still prototype work and currently only runtime
annotation scanning is supported. While it provides some basic useful
functions, there are still many things that you cannot do using annotation,
such as inject a list with values, inject inline beans, etc.</p></div>
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