1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.springframework.batch.core.annotation;
18
19 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
20 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
21 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
22 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
23
24 import org.springframework.batch.core.Step;
25 import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
26 import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener;
27
28 /**
29 * Marks a method to be called before a {@link Step} is executed, which comes
30 * after a {@link StepExecution} is created and persisted, but before the first
31 * item is read. <br>
32 * <br>
33 * Expected signature: void beforeStep({@link StepExecution} stepExecution)
34 *
35 * @author Lucas Ward
36 * @since 2.0
37 * @see StepExecutionListener
38 */
39 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
40 @Target({ElementType.METHOD})
41 public @interface BeforeStep {
42
43 }