Field.java

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package org.androidannotations.rest.spring.annotations;

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

/**
 * This annotation can be used to add a form-encoded parameter to the request
 * from a method parameter. The annotation value should be the name of the
 * form-encoded parameter, if not specified, the method parameter name will be
 * used as the name of the form-encoded parameter. This annotation only can be
 * used with a method which be annotated with {@link Post}, {@link Put} or
 * {@link Patch}. To use this annotation, you must add
 * <code>FormHttpMessageConverter</code> to the list of converters.
 *
 * <blockquote>
 *
 * <b>Example :</b>
 *
 * <pre>
 * @Rest(rootUrl = "http://myserver", converters = FormHttpMessageConverter.class)
 * public interface RestClient {
 *
 * 	@Post("/events/{id}")
 * 	EventList addEvent(String id, <b>@Field</b> String eventName);
 * }
 * </pre>
 *
 * </blockquote>
 *
 * @see Rest
 * @see Post
 * @see Put
 * @see Patch
 * @see Part
 * @see Body
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
@Target(ElementType.PARAMETER)
public @interface Field {

	/**
	 * Name of the form-encoded parameter.
	 *
	 * @return name of the parameter
	 */
	String value() default "";
}