001    /*
002     * JAPI - (Yet another (hopefully) useful) Java API
003     *
004     * Copyright (C) 2006 Christian Hujer
005     *
006     * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
007     * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
008     * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
009     * License, or (at your option) any later version.
010     *
011     * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
012     * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014     * General Public License for more details.
015     *
016     * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
017     * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
018     * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
019     * 02111-1307, USA.
020     */
021    
022    package net.sf.japi.io.args;
023    
024    import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
025    import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
026    import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
027    import java.lang.annotation.Target;
028    
029    /** Annotation to mark a method as command argument method.
030     * @author <a href="mailto:chris@riedquat.de">Christian Hujer</a>
031     */
032    @Retention(RUNTIME)
033    @Target(METHOD)
034    public @interface Option {
035    
036        /** The argument names.
037         * Usually this is two Strings, a single letter and a descriptive String.
038         * @note the supplied string values should not contain neither spaces nor non-ascii characters.
039         */
040        String[] value();
041    } // @interface Option