ipojo/manipulator/annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/ipojo/handlers/event/Subscriber.java

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

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


/**
 * Event Admin Subscriber 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>
 */
@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE})
public @interface Subscriber {

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

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

    /**
     * Sets the data key in which the data is
     * stored.
     * Default : no key
     * @deprecated replaced by dataKey
     */
    String data_key() default "";

    /**
     * Sets the data type (type of the received data).
     * Default : no type.
     * @deprecated replaced by dataType
     */
    String data_type() default "";

    /**
     * Sets the data key in which the data is
     * stored.
     * Default : no key
     */
    String dataKey() default "";

    /**
     * Sets the data type (type of the received data).
     * Default : no type.
     */
    String dataType() default "";


    /**
     * Sets the event filter. Only event matching with the
     * specified LDAP filter are received.
     * default : no filter;
     */
    String filter() default "";

}