plugins/org.eclipse.app4mc.validation.core/src/org/eclipse/app4mc/validation/annotation/Profile.java

/**
 ********************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2019 Robert Bosch GmbH and others.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made
 * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 * which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Robert Bosch GmbH - initial API and implementation
 ********************************************************************************
 */

package org.eclipse.app4mc.validation.annotation;

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

/**
 * Annotation for validation profiles.
 *
 * Classes annotated as Profile can provide information like name and description.
 * They are used at runtime to characterize the contained group of validations.
 */

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
public @interface Profile {

  /**
   * @return the name of the profile
   */
  String name();

  /**
   * @return the description of the profile
   */
  String description() default "";
}