/*
 * The MIT License
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2009-, Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */
package org.kohsuke;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.SOURCE;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Indicates that this class name should be listed into the {@code META-INF/services/CONTRACTNAME}.
 *
 * <p>
 * If the class for which this annotation is placed only have one base class or one interface,
 * then the CONTRACTNAME is the fully qualified name of that type.
 *
 * <p>
 * Otherwise, the {@link #value()} element is required to specify the contract type name.
 *
 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 */
@Retention(SOURCE)
@Documented
@Target(TYPE)
public @interface MetaInfServices {
    Class<?>[] value() default void.class;
}
