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*
* Even though this annotation is not marked Inherited, deployment
* tools are required to examine all superclasses of any component
* class to discover all uses of this annotation in all superclasses.
* All such annotation instances specify resources that are needed
* by the application component. Note that this annotation may
* appear on private fields and methods of superclasses; the container
* is required to perform injection in these cases as well.
*
* @since Common Annotations 1.0
*/
@Target({TYPE, FIELD, METHOD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Resource {
/**
* The JNDI name of the resource. For field annotations,
* the default is the field name. For method annotations,
* the default is the JavaBeans property name corresponding
* to the method. For class annotations, there is no default
* and this must be specified.
*/
String name() default "";
/**
* The name of the resource that the reference points to. It can
* link to any compatible resource using the global JNDI names.
*
* @since Common Annotations 1.1
*/
String lookup() default "";
/**
* The Java type of the resource. For field annotations,
* the default is the type of the field. For method annotations,
* the default is the type of the JavaBeans property.
* For class annotations, there is no default and this must be
* specified.
*/
Class type() default java.lang.Object.class;
/**
* The two possible authentication types for a resource.
*/
enum AuthenticationType {
CONTAINER,
APPLICATION
}
/**
* The authentication type to use for this resource.
* This may be specified for resources representing a
* connection factory of any supported type, and must
* not be specified for resources of other types.
*/
AuthenticationType authenticationType() default AuthenticationType.CONTAINER;
/**
* Indicates whether this resource can be shared between
* this component and other components.
* This may be specified for resources representing a
* connection factory of any supported type, and must
* not be specified for resources of other types.
*/
boolean shareable() default true;
/**
* A product specific name that this resource should be mapped to.
* The name of this resource, as defined by the name
* element or defaulted, is a name that is local to the application
* component using the resource. (It's a name in the JNDI
* java:comp/env
namespace.) Many application servers
* provide a way to map these local names to names of resources
* known to the application server. This mapped name is often a
* global JNDI name, but may be a name of any form.
* * Application servers are not required to support any particular * form or type of mapped name, nor the ability to use mapped names. * The mapped name is product-dependent and often installation-dependent. * No use of a mapped name is portable. */ String mappedName() default ""; /** * Description of this resource. The description is expected * to be in the default language of the system on which the * application is deployed. The description can be presented * to the Deployer to help in choosing the correct resource. */ String description() default ""; }