jaroslav@239: /**
jaroslav@239:  * Back 2 Browser Bytecode Translator
jaroslav@239:  * Copyright (C) 2012 Jaroslav Tulach <jaroslav.tulach@apidesign.org>
jaroslav@239:  *
jaroslav@239:  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
jaroslav@239:  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
jaroslav@239:  * the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License.
jaroslav@239:  *
jaroslav@239:  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
jaroslav@239:  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
jaroslav@239:  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
jaroslav@239:  * GNU General Public License for more details.
jaroslav@239:  *
jaroslav@239:  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
jaroslav@239:  * along with this program. Look for COPYING file in the top folder.
jaroslav@239:  * If not, see http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.
jaroslav@239:  */
jaroslav@239: package org.apidesign.bck2brwsr.core;
jaroslav@239: 
jaroslav@239: import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
jaroslav@239: import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
jaroslav@239: import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
jaroslav@239: import java.lang.annotation.Target;
jaroslav@239: 
jaroslav@793: /** Influence the inheritance of your class when converted to JavaScript.
jaroslav@793:  * Sometimes one does not want
jaroslav@793:  * to mimic the Java hierarchy, but modify it a bit. For example it makes
jaroslav@793:  * sense to treat every (JavaScript) string literal as {@link String}.
jaroslav@793:  * One can do it by making {@link String} subclass JavaScript <code>String</code>
jaroslav@793:  * and use <code>String.prototype</code> as a container for all {@link String}
jaroslav@793:  * methods.
jaroslav@793:  * 
jaroslav@239:  * @author Jaroslav Tulach <jtulach@netbeans.org>
jaroslav@239:  */
jaroslav@239: @Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
jaroslav@239: @Target({ ElementType.TYPE })
jaroslav@239: public @interface JavaScriptPrototype {
jaroslav@239:     /** Expression that identifies the function where all methods
jaroslav@316:      * should be added into. If this attribute is unspecified
jaroslav@316:      * all methods are added to the same object specified by
jaroslav@316:      * {@link #prototype()}.
jaroslav@316:      * 
jaroslav@239:      * @return name of function to contain methods found in given class
jaroslav@239:      */
jaroslav@316:     String container() default "";
jaroslav@239:     /** Expression that defines the way to construct prototype for this
jaroslav@239:      * class.
jaroslav@239:      * @return expression to construct prototype
jaroslav@239:      */
jaroslav@239:     String prototype();
jaroslav@239: }