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/*
* Copyright (c) 2011, Rickard Öberg. All Rights Reserved.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*
*/
package org.qi4j.library.eventsourcing.domain.api;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
/**
* Annotate methods that should trigger domain events with this annotation. Example:
* <pre>
* &#64;DomainEvent
* void changedDescription(String newDescription);
* </pre>
* Event methods may only change state. They may not fail or thrown exceptions. The name of the
* method should be in past tense, as in something HAS already occurred, and the method is merely
* reacting to it.
*/
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface DomainEvent
{
}