xapi.annotation.compile

Annotation Type Generated

@Documented
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value={PACKAGE,TYPE,ANNOTATION_TYPE,METHOD,CONSTRUCTOR,FIELD,LOCAL_VARIABLE,PARAMETER})
public @interface Generated

This is a duplicate of Generated, with the exception that this class has a runtime annotation retention level, as we need to have access to it's value from generated class files.

Author:

"James X. Nelson (james@wetheinter.net)"

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String[]	value The value element MUST have the name of the code generator.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	comments A place holder for any comments that the code generator may want to include in the generated code.
String	date Date when the source was generated.

Element Detail

value

public abstract String[] value

The value element MUST have the name of the code generator. The recommended convention is to use the fully qualified name of the code generator. For example: com.acme.generator.CodeGen.
Strings after the name of the code generator may be used to store hashes that can be checked to prevent re-generation of types that are not stale.

date

public abstract String date

Date when the source was generated.

Default:

""

comments

public abstract String comments

A place holder for any comments that the code generator may want to include in the generated code.

Default:

""