001// Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.tapestry.annotations; 016 017import java.lang.annotation.Documented; 018import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 019import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 020import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 021import java.lang.annotation.Target; 022 023/** 024 * Defines a new asset. The asset will have the same name as the property (and will be accessible 025 * via the "asset:" binding prefix, or using {@link org.apache.tapestry.IComponent#getAsset(String)}, 026 * with that name). 027 * <p> 028 * Note: if we ever rename IAsset to Asset, this will cause a naming conflict. Perhaps we should 029 * come up with annotation names that are compatible with a potential rename. 030 * 031 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship 032 * @since 4.0 033 */ 034 035@Target( 036{ ElementType.METHOD }) 037@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 038@Documented 039public @interface Asset { 040 041 /** 042 * The value is the asset path, which may include a prefix to define the module in which it can 043 * be resolved. 044 */ 045 046 String value(); 047}