tapestry/tapestry-annotations/src/java/org/apache/tapestry/annotations/InjectMeta.java

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package org.apache.tapestry.annotations;

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

/**
 * Creates an {@link org.apache.tapestry.spec.InjectSpecification} for a <meta> data value,
 * and adds it to the {@link org.apache.tapestry.spec.IComponentSpecification}.
 * 
 * @author Howard Lewis Ship
 * @since 4.0
 */
@Target(
{ ElementType.METHOD })
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface InjectMeta {

    /**
     * The meta key to inject. If no such value is defined, it is derived from the method name.
     */

    String value() default "";
}