user/src/com/google/gwt/place/shared/Prefix.java

/*
 * Copyright 2010 Google Inc.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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 * the License.
 */
package com.google.gwt.place.shared;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Indicates the prefix to use when the token written by
 * {@link PlaceTokenizer#getToken(Place)} is written to
 * {@link com.google.gwt.user.client.History#newItem}.
 * {@code com.google.gwt.place.rebind.PlaceHistoryMapperGenerator} looks
 * for this annotation on the factory methods that return a tokenizer, and on
 * the tokenizer types themselves.
 */
@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Prefix {
  String value();
}