sting

Annotation Type ActAsStingComponent

@Documented
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=ANNOTATION_TYPE)
public @interface ActAsStingComponent

Annotation applied to type-targeting annotations that suppresses warnings due to usages of the @Named and @ContributeTo annotations.

Normally a type that is annotated with the @Named annotation, the @ContributeTo annotation or a type that has a constructor parameter annotated with the @Named annotation will generate a warning if the Sting annotation processor detects that the type is not annotated with the @Injectable annotation or an annotation annotated by a @StingProvider annotated annotation. This warning is generated because the annotation processor will not process the annotation and thus considers it an error.

The @ActAsStingComponent can be applied to an annotation and any type that is annotated with that annotation will not generated warnings in these scenarios. The expectation is that another annotation processor will process the type and will make use of the @Named annotations and/or the @ContributeTo annotation if present. This allows other frameworks to define their own component model that is fully integration with sting.

It should be noted that Sting will attempt to use any annotation with this name and shape so that frameworks do not need a direct code dependency on Sting.

See Also:

InjectorFragment