/**

 * Back 2 Browser Bytecode Translator

 * Copyright (C) 2012 Jaroslav Tulach <jaroslav.tulach@apidesign.org>

 *

 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify

 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

 * the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License.

 *

 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

 * GNU General Public License for more details.

 *

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

 * along with this program. Look for COPYING file in the top folder.

 * If not, see http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.

 */

package org.apidesign.bck2brwsr.htmlpage.api;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;

import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import java.util.List;

/** 

 * @deprecated Replaced by new {@link net.java.html.json.Property net.java.html.json} API.

 * @author Jaroslav Tulach <jtulach@netbeans.org>

 */

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)

@Target({})

@Deprecated

public @interface Property {

    /** Name of the property. Will be used to define proper getter and setter

     * in the associated class.

     * 

     * @return valid java identifier

     */

    String name();

    /** Type of the property. Can either be primitive type (like <code>int.class</code>,

     * <code>double.class</code>, etc.), {@link String} or complex model

     * class (defined by {@link Model} property).

     * 

     * @return the class of the property

     */

    Class<?> type();

    /** Is this property an array of the {@link #type()} or a single value?

     * If the property is an array, only its getter (returning mutable {@link List} of

     * the boxed {@link #type()}).

     * 

     * @return true, if this is supposed to be an array of values.

     */

    boolean array() default false;

}