content: package act.util;
  
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  import act.app.event.SysEventId;
  
  import java.lang.annotation.*;
  
  /**
   * The annotation is used on a certain method to mark it
   * as a callback method when a certain method has been found
   * by annotation class specified
   */
  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
  @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
  public @interface AnnotatedMethodFinder {
  
      /**
       * Specify the "What" to find the class, i.e. the annotation
       * class that has been used to tag the target class
       *
       * @return the annotation class used to find the target classes
       */
      Class<? extends Annotation> value();
  
      /**
       * Should I collect only public method?
       *
       * default value is `true`
       *
       * @return `true` if only public class shall be collected, `false` otherwise
       */
      boolean publicOnly() default true;
  
      /**
       * Should I collect abstract classes?
       *
       * default value is `false`
       *
       * @return `true` if abstract classes shall be excluded, `false` otherwise
       */
      boolean noAbstract() default true;
  
      /**
       * Specify when to execute the call back for a certain found class.
       *
       * By default the value of `callOn` is {@link SysEventId#DEPENDENCY_INJECTOR_PROVISIONED}
       *
       * @return the "When" to execute the callback logic
       */
      SysEventId callOn() default SysEventId.DEPENDENCY_INJECTOR_PROVISIONED;
  
  }
  