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017 *     bstefanescu
018 */
019package org.nuxeo.ecm.automation.core.annotations;
020
021import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
022import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
023import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
024import java.lang.annotation.Target;
025
026import org.nuxeo.ecm.automation.OutputCollector;
027import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.api.AsyncService;
028
029/**
030 * To be used to mark methods provided by an operation. A method must have at most one argument which is the operation
031 * input and a return type which is the operation output. Methods with zero parameters (void input) will match any
032 * input. An operation may have multiple methods if it supports multiple input and output types.
033 * <p>
034 * For each INPUT/OUTPUT type association you must create a new method in an operation and annotate it using this
035 * annotation. The set of input types available in an operation are the operation accepted types and the set of output
036 * types are the operation produced types. A produced type will become the input type for the next operation in the
037 * chain, that will be dispatched to the right method that know how to consume the type.
038 * <p>
039 * When an operation provides 2 methods accepting the same input type the chain will need to take a decision to
040 * determine the best way to continue. A common algorithm to find the right path until the end of the chain is
041 * backtracking: from a set of potential nodes one is selected to be visited (randomly or not). If the node is a dead
042 * end then another node from the set is taken until the path to the last node is created.
043 * <p>
044 * A chain may have no paths until the last operation. In this case the chain is invalid and the chain processor will
045 * trigger an error. Also, a chain can provide multiple paths to the last operation. To help the engine to find the best
046 * path until the last operation you can use the {@link #priority()} attribute to specify which method is preferred. The
047 * default priority is 0 (e.g. no priority). Higher priorities have more chance to be selected when a conflict occurs.
048 * If no user priority is specified (i.e. priority is 0) then the default priority is used. Here is how the default
049 * priority is computed (the top most case has the greater priority):
050 * <ul>
051 * <li>The input type is an exact match of the method declared argument
052 * <li>The method argument type is assignable from the input type (i.e. a super type but not an exact match)
053 * <li>The input can be adapted to the method argument using registered type adapters
054 * <li>the method has no arguments (void input)
055 * </ul>
056 * If no one of these rules applies then the method will not match the input.
057 * <p>
058 * The class owning the annotated method must be annotated using {@link Operation}
059 *
060 * @author <a href="mailto:bs@nuxeo.com">Bogdan Stefanescu</a>
061 */
062@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
063@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
064public @interface OperationMethod {
065
066    /**
067     * If defined the method is iterable.
068     * <p>
069     * It means that when such a method is called with an input type of <code>Iterable&lt;INPUT&gt;</code> (where INPUT
070     * is the declared method input type) the method will be iteratively called to generate all the outputs and collect
071     * them using the given OutputCollector.
072     */
073    Class<? extends OutputCollector> collector() default OutputCollector.class;
074
075    int priority() default 0;
076
077    boolean async() default false;
078
079    Class<? extends AsyncService> asyncService() default AsyncService.class;
080}