| // Copyright 2008 The Apache Software Foundation |
| // |
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| |
| package org.apache.tapestry.annotation; |
| |
| import java.lang.annotation.*; |
| |
| /** |
| * Indicates that a method should only be evaluated once and the result cached. All further calls to the method will |
| * return the cached result. Note that this annotation is inheritence-safe; if a subclass calls a superclass method that |
| * has \@Cached then the value the subclass method gets is the cached value. |
| * <p/> |
| * The watch parameter can be passed a binding expression which will be evaluated each time the method is called. The |
| * method will then only be executed the first time it is called and after that only when the value of the binding |
| * changes. This can be used, for instance, to have the method only evaluated once per iteration of a loop by setting |
| * watch to the value or index of the loop. |
| */ |
| @Target(ElementType.METHOD) |
| @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) |
| @Documented |
| public @interface Cached |
| { |
| /** |
| * The optional binding to watch (default binding prefix is "prop"). |
| */ |
| String watch() default ""; |
| } |