jaroslav@934: /**
jaroslav@934:  * Back 2 Browser Bytecode Translator
jaroslav@934:  * Copyright (C) 2012 Jaroslav Tulach <jaroslav.tulach@apidesign.org>
jaroslav@934:  *
jaroslav@934:  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
jaroslav@934:  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
jaroslav@934:  * the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License.
jaroslav@934:  *
jaroslav@934:  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
jaroslav@934:  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
jaroslav@934:  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
jaroslav@934:  * GNU General Public License for more details.
jaroslav@934:  *
jaroslav@934:  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
jaroslav@934:  * along with this program. Look for COPYING file in the top folder.
jaroslav@934:  * If not, see http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0.
jaroslav@934:  */
jaroslav@934: package org.apidesign.bck2brwsr.htmlpage.api;
jaroslav@934: 
jaroslav@934: import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
jaroslav@934: import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
jaroslav@934: import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
jaroslav@934: import java.lang.annotation.Target;
jaroslav@934: 
jaroslav@934: /** Static methods in classes annotated by {@link Model} or {@link Page}
jaroslav@934:  * can be marked by this annotation establish a JSON communication point.
jaroslav@934:  * The associated model page then gets new method to invoke a network
jaroslav@934:  * connection 
jaroslav@934:  * 
jaroslav@934:  * @author Jaroslav Tulach <jtulach@netbeans.org>
jaroslav@934:  */
jaroslav@934: @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
jaroslav@934: @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
jaroslav@934: public @interface OnReceive {
jaroslav@934:     /** The URL to connect to. Can contain variable names surrounded by '{' and '}'.
jaroslav@934:      * Those parameters will then become variables of the associated method.
jaroslav@934:      * 
jaroslav@934:      * @return the (possibly parametrized) url to connect to
jaroslav@934:      */
jaroslav@934:     String url();
jaroslav@934: }