plugins/org.eclipse.objectteams.runtime/src/org/objectteams/Instantiation.java

/**********************************************************************
 * This file is part of "Object Teams Development Tooling"-Software
 *
 * Copyright 2011 GK Software AG
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Please visit http://www.eclipse.org/objectteams for updates and contact.
 *
 * Contributors:
 * 	  Stephan Herrmann - Initial API and implementation
 **********************************************************************/
package org.objectteams;

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

/**
 * This annotation influences the semantics of lifting in OT/J.
 * See {@link InstantiationPolicy} for possible values and their effects.
 * This annotation is valid only when applied to a role type.
 *
 * @author stephan
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
public @interface Instantiation {
	InstantiationPolicy value();
}