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package org.apache.felix.ipojo.handlers.event;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;


/**
 * Event Admin Publisher handler.
 * Be aware that despite is it provided in the annotations jar,
 * it refers to an external handler.
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@felix.apache.org">Felix Project Team</a>
 * @deprecated replaced by Publishes
 */
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
public @interface Publisher {

    /**
     * Sets the publisher name.
     */
    String name();

    /**
     * Sets topics on which event are sent.
     * The topics are separated by a ',' such as in
     * "foo, bar".
     * Default : no topics (configured in the instance configuration)
     */
    String topics() default "";

    /**
     * Enables/Disables synchronous sending.
     * Default : false (asynchronous)
     */
    boolean synchronous() default false;

    /**
     * Sets the data key in which the data is
     * put.
     * Default : user.data
     * @deprecated replaced by dataKey
     */
    String data_key() default "user.data";

    /**
     * Sets the data key in which the data is
     * put.
     * Default : user.data
     */
    String dataKey() default "user.data";

}