json/src/main/java/net/java/html/json/ComputedProperty.java
author Jaroslav Tulach <jaroslav.tulach@netbeans.org>
Fri, 07 Feb 2014 07:44:34 +0100
changeset 551 7ca2253fa86d
parent 549 11198031c76a
child 773 d11158498374
permissions -rw-r--r--
Updating copyright headers to mention current year
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/**
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 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
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 *
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 * Copyright 2013-2014 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
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 *
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 * Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
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 * Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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 *
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 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of either the GNU
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 * General Public License Version 2 only ("GPL") or the Common
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 * Development and Distribution License("CDDL") (collectively, the
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 * "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the
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 * License. You can obtain a copy of the License at
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 * http://www.netbeans.org/cddl-gplv2.html
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 * or nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP. See the License for the
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 * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the
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 * License.  When distributing the software, include this License Header
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 * Notice in each file and include the License file at
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 * nbbuild/licenses/CDDL-GPL-2-CP.  Oracle designates this
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 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
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 * by Oracle in the GPL Version 2 section of the License file that
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 * accompanied this code. If applicable, add the following below the
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 * License Header, with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by
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 * your own identifying information:
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 * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]"
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 *
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 * Contributor(s):
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 *
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 * The Original Software is NetBeans. The Initial Developer of the Original
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 * Software is Oracle. Portions Copyright 2013-2014 Oracle. All Rights Reserved.
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 *
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 * If you wish your version of this file to be governed by only the CDDL
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 * or only the GPL Version 2, indicate your decision by adding
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 * "[Contributor] elects to include this software in this distribution
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 * under the [CDDL or GPL Version 2] license." If you do not indicate a
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 * single choice of license, a recipient has the option to distribute
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 * your version of this file under either the CDDL, the GPL Version 2 or
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 * to extend the choice of license to its licensees as provided above.
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 * However, if you add GPL Version 2 code and therefore, elected the GPL
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 * Version 2 license, then the option applies only if the new code is
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 * made subject to such option by the copyright holder.
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 */
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package net.java.html.json;
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import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
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import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
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import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
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import java.lang.annotation.Target;
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/** Can be used in classes annotated with {@link Model} annotation to
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 * define a derived property. Value of derived property is based on values
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 * of {@link Property} as enumerated by {@link Model#properties()}.
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 * <p>
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 * The name of the derived property is the name of the method. The arguments
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 * of the method must match names and types of some of the properties 
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 * from {@link Model#properties()} list. As soon as one of these properties
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 * changes, the method is called to recompute its new value.
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 * <p>
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 * Method's return type defines the type of the derived property. It may be
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 * any primitive type, {@link String}, {@link Enum enum type} or a 
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 * type generated by {@link Model @Model} annotation. One may 
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 * also return an array by returning a list of such (boxed) type
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 * (for example {@link java.util.List List}&lt;{@link String}&gt; or {@link java.util.List List}&lt;{@link Integer}&gt;).
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 * <p>
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 * An example testing <a target="_blank" href="http://dew.apidesign.org/dew/#7545568">
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 * whether a number is a prime</a> using a {@link ComputedProperty} is available
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 * on-line.
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 *
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 * @author Jaroslav Tulach <jtulach@netbeans.org>
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 */
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@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
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@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
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public @interface ComputedProperty {
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}