dubbo-common/src/main/java/com/alibaba/dubbo/common/extension/Adaptive.java

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package com.alibaba.dubbo.common.extension;

import com.alibaba.dubbo.common.URL;

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;

/**
 * Provide helpful information for {@link ExtensionLoader} to inject dependency extension instance.
 *
 * @see ExtensionLoader
 * @see URL
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD})
public @interface Adaptive {
    /**
     * Decide which target extension to be injected. The name of the target extension is decided by the parameter passed
     * in the URL, and the parameter names are given by this method.
     * <p>
     * If the specified parameters are not found from {@link URL}, then the default extension will be used for
     * dependency injection (specified in its interface's {@link SPI}).
     * <p>
     * For examples, given <code>String[] {"key1", "key2"}</code>:
     * <ol>
     * <li>find parameter 'key1' in URL, use its value as the extension's name</li>
     * <li>try 'key2' for extension's name if 'key1' is not found (or its value is empty) in URL</li>
     * <li>use default extension if 'key2' doesn't appear either</li>
     * <li>otherwise, throw {@link IllegalStateException}</li>
     * </ol>
     * If default extension's name is not give on interface's {@link SPI}, then a name is generated from interface's
     * class name with the rule: divide classname from capital char into several parts, and separate the parts with
     * dot '.', for example: for {@code com.alibaba.dubbo.xxx.YyyInvokerWrapper}, its default name is
     * <code>String[] {"yyy.invoker.wrapper"}</code>. This name will be used to search for parameter from URL.
     *
     * @return parameter key names in URL
     */
    String[] value() default {};

}