Action.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2014. Escalon System-Entwicklung, Dietrich Schulten
 *
 * 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 de.escalon.hypermedia.action;

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

/**
 * Allows to assign a semantic type such as a hydra Operation or an http://schema.org/Action subtype to a method.
 * Created by dschulten on 03.10.2014.
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface Action {

    /**
     * The type of the action.
     *
     * @return action type
     */
    String value();
}