001 // Copyright 2007, 2008 The Apache Software Foundation 002 // 003 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005 // You may obtain a copy of the License at 006 // 007 // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008 // 009 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010 // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013 // limitations under the License. 014 015 package org.apache.tapestry5.beaneditor; 016 017 import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UseWith; 018 import static org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.AnnotationUseContext.*; 019 020 import java.lang.annotation.*; 021 022 /** 023 * Used to explicitly set the data type used to select an editor (or display) block. Normally, the data type is 024 * determined from the type of the property (for example, property type java.lang.String would map to data type "text"). 025 * This annotation may be attached to a getter or setter method, or the matching field. 026 * 027 * @see DataTypeConstants 028 */ 029 @Target({ ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD }) 030 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 031 @Documented 032 @UseWith({BEAN,COMPONENT,MIXIN,PAGE}) 033 public @interface DataType 034 { 035 String value(); 036 }