maint-5-2/tapestry-annotations/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/beaneditor/Width.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.beaneditor;

import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UseWith;
import static org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.AnnotationUseContext.*;

import java.lang.annotation.*;


/**
 * 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.
 * <p/>
 * <p/>
 * May be placed on an getter or setter method, or on the matching field.
 */
@Target({ ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD })
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
@UseWith({BEAN,COMPONENT,MIXIN,PAGE})
public @interface Width
{
    /**
     * The width used to display the field for the property (values less than one indicate unspecified).
     */
    int value();
}