| // Copyright 2007, 2008 The Apache Software Foundation |
| // |
| // 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 |
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| |
| package org.apache.tapestry.ioc.annotation; |
| |
| import java.lang.annotation.*; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Used to guide Tapestry when coercing from a raw type to a field or parameter type, by forcing Tapestry to coerce to |
| * the intermediate type. This was introduced to allow coercion from string to a time period (in milliseconds) via |
| * {@link org.apache.tapestry.ioc.util.TimeInterval}. |
| * |
| * @see org.apache.tapestry.ioc.annotation.Value |
| * @see org.apache.tapestry.ioc.annotation.Symbol |
| */ |
| @Target({ ElementType.PARAMETER, ElementType.FIELD }) |
| @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) |
| @Documented |
| public @interface IntermediateType |
| { |
| /** |
| * The intermediate to coerce through. |
| */ |
| Class value(); |
| } |
