Package dk.rode.thesis.meta

Defines annotations and enumerations corresponding to "Gang of Four" classifications and participants, as well as annotations used to annotate actual source code to identify pattern participants.

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Description

Enum Summary

Purpose	Represents the "Gang of Four" purpose classification [Gamma95, p.10].
Scope	Represents the "Gang of Four" scope classification [Gamma95, p.10].

Annotation Types Summary

Participant	Identifies a participant as described in [Gamma95, p.7]: a class or object participating in the design pattern.
ParticipantUsage	Identifies a participant as described in [Gamma95, p.7] that is already represented by an implemented type, typically imported into the pattern package to represent participant functionality defined externally.
Pattern	Annotation encompassing an entire pattern, declared within a given package The actual usage of pattern participants are specified by the Participant and ParticipantUsage annotations.

Package dk.rode.thesis.meta Description

Defines annotations and enumerations corresponding to "Gang of Four" classifications and participants, as well as annotations used to annotate actual source code to identify pattern participants.

Implementation notes:
The retention policy is set to runtime for the annotations defined in this package. This will potentially allow applications to reflectively query classes for pattern participation.

Author:

Gunni Rode / rode.dk