http://micronaut.io: Natively Cloud Native
  • Graeme Rocher 
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package io.micronaut.context.annotation;

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

import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;


An annotation indicating that a bean can be loaded into the Bootstrap Context. The Bootstrap Context is a small ApplicationContext instance that is loaded in order to support reading distributed configuration. 
Most beans are not required in this context and only a subset may be needed in order to perform the task of
reading distributed configuration. Hence any bean that wishes to be loaded into the context must express that they can be loaded using this annotation.


Most developers generally don't have to interact with this annotation and it is generally only used when building a new distributed configuration implementation.


/**
 * An annotation indicating that a bean can be loaded into the Bootstrap Context. The Bootstrap Context is a
 * small {@link io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContext} instance that is loaded in order to support reading
 * distributed configuration.
 *
 * <p>Most beans are not required in this context and only a subset may be needed in order to perform the task of
 * reading distributed configuration. Hence any bean that wishes to be loaded into the context must express that they can be loaded using this annotation.</p>
 *
 * <p>Most developers generally don't have to interact with this annotation and it is generally only used when building a new distributed configuration implementation.</p>
 */
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE, ElementType.TYPE})
public @interface BootstrapContextCompatible {
}