/**
 * Copyright (C) 2009 STMicroelectronics
 *
 * This file is part of "Mind Compiler" is free software: you can redistribute 
 * it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the 
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
 * details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * Contact: mind@ow2.org
 *
 * Authors: Matthieu Leclercq
 * Contributors: 
 */

package org.ow2.mind.adl.annotations.controller;

import static org.ow2.mind.adl.annotation.ADLAnnotationTarget.DEFINITION;

import org.ow2.mind.adl.annotation.ADLLoaderPhase;
import org.ow2.mind.adl.annotation.ADLLoaderProcessor;
import org.ow2.mind.adl.membrane.AttributeControllerADLLoaderAnnotationProcessor;
import org.ow2.mind.annotation.Annotation;
import org.ow2.mind.annotation.AnnotationElement;
import org.ow2.mind.annotation.AnnotationTarget;

/**
 * The AttributeController annotation is used to specify that component must
 * have a <code>"attribute-controller"</code> controller interface that can be
 * used to introspect and control the attributes of the component.
 */
@ADLLoaderProcessor(processor = AttributeControllerADLLoaderAnnotationProcessor.class, phases = {ADLLoaderPhase.AFTER_EXTENDS})
public class AttributeController implements Annotation {

  private static final AnnotationTarget[] ANNOTATION_TARGETS = {DEFINITION};

  /**
   * Annotation field that specifies if this annotation can be attached to a
   * definition that has no attribute. (<code>false</code> by default).
   */
  @AnnotationElement(hasDefaultValue = true)
  public boolean                          allowNoAttr        = false;

  public AnnotationTarget[] getAnnotationTargets() {
    return ANNOTATION_TARGETS;
  }

  public boolean isInherited() {
    return true;
  }
}
