tapestry-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/annotations/ContentType.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.*;


/**
 * An annotation on a page component used to identify the content type the page returns. An alternative to the {@link
 * org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Meta} annotation with the {@link org.apache.tapestry5.MetaDataConstants#RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE}
 * key.
 *
 * @see org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.ResponseEncoding
 */
@Target({ ElementType.TYPE })
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface ContentType
{
    /**
     * The content type for the page.  Typically, something like "text/html".
     */
    String value();
}