/**

  * 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;

 /** Represents a property. Either in a generated model of an HTML

  * {@link Page} or in a class defined by {@link Model}.

  *

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

  */

 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)

 @Target({})

 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;

 }