core/plugins/org.eclipse.dltk.annotations/src/org/eclipse/dltk/annotations/ExtensionPoint.java

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2012 NumberFour AG
 *
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     NumberFour AG - initial API and Implementation (Alex Panchenko)
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.dltk.annotations;

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

/**
 * Convenient way of documenting the extension point which should be used for
 * contributing the implementation.
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
@Target({ ElementType.TYPE })
public @interface ExtensionPoint {

	/**
	 * Extension point
	 */
	String point();

	/**
	 * Element or path of elements
	 */
	String[] element() default "";

	/**
	 * Attribute name
	 */
	String attribute() default "";

}