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 package org.springframework.batch.support.annotation;
17
18 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
19 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
20 import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
21 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
22 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
23 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
24
25 /**
26 * Mark a method as capable of classifying its input to an instance of its
27 * output. Should only be used on non-void methods with one parameter.
28 *
29 * @author Dave Syer
30 *
31 */
32 @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
33 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
34 @Inherited
35 @Documented
36 public @interface Classifier {
37
38 }