package io.ebean.annotation;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
Annotated classes (like BeanPersistAdapter, BeanPersistListener etc) with
@EbeanComponent and these will be registered with Ebean.
For projects using query beans the annotation processor (query bean generator)
finds entity beans to register and it will ALSO find classes annotated with
@EbeanComponent such that these are registered with Ebean.
The query bean generator generates source code to register the entity classes
(such that Ebean does not have to scan the classpath for them). At the same time
the query bean generator generates will also find @EbeanComponent and
also register those with Ebean.
When Ebean is programmatically created and entity classes etc are all explicitly
registered or when the annotation process (query bean generator) is not used then
this annotation has no effect.
/**
* Annotated classes (like BeanPersistAdapter, BeanPersistListener etc) with
* @EbeanComponent and these will be registered with Ebean.
* <p>
* For projects using query beans the annotation processor (query bean generator)
* finds entity beans to register and it will ALSO find classes annotated with
* @EbeanComponent such that these are registered with Ebean.
* <p>
* The query bean generator generates source code to register the entity classes
* (such that Ebean does not have to scan the classpath for them). At the same time
* the query bean generator generates will also find <code>@EbeanComponent</code> and
* also register those with Ebean.
* <p>
* When Ebean is programmatically created and entity classes etc are all explicitly
* registered or when the annotation process (query bean generator) is not used then
* this annotation has no effect.
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
public @interface EbeanComponent {
}