hlship-20080520/tapestry-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry/beaneditor/Width.java

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package org.apache.tapestry.beaneditor;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Defines the desired width of the field used to edit the property.  Note that width (generally equivalent to the
 * size attribute of an HTML <input> element) is only used for presentation; validation must be used to
 * actually enforce a maximum input length.
 */
@Target(METHOD)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface Width
{
    /**
     * The width used to display the field for the property (values less than one indicate unspecified).
     */
    int value();
}