/*
* Copyright 2012 Netflix, Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package com.netflix.discovery.converters;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* A field annotation which helps in avoiding changes to
* {@link com.netflix.discovery.converters.Converters.InstanceInfoConverter} every time additional fields are added to
* {@link com.netflix.appinfo.InstanceInfo}.
*
* <p>
* This annotation informs the {@link com.netflix.discovery.converters.Converters.InstanceInfoConverter} to
* automatically marshall most primitive fields declared in the {@link com.netflix.appinfo.InstanceInfo} class.
* </p>
*
* @author Karthik Ranganathan
*
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.FIELD})
public @interface Auto {
}