tapestry-clojure/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/clojure/Namespace.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.clojure;

import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UseWith;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import static org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.AnnotationUseContext.SERVICE;

/**
 * Maps a service interface to a Clojure namespace.  Each method is mapped to a corresponding {@link clojure.lang.Var}
 * within the namespace (or as defined by a {@link FunctionName} annotation on the individual method).
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
@UseWith(SERVICE)
public @interface Namespace
{
    /**
     * @return the fully qualified namespace that will contain the functions to be exposed as methods.
     */
    String value();
}