Annotation Interface Role

@Target({TYPE,METHOD}) @Retention(RUNTIME) @Documented public @interface Role
Indicates the 'role' hint for a given bean.

May be used on any class directly or indirectly annotated with Component or on methods annotated with Bean.

If this annotation is not present on a Component or Bean definition, the default value of BeanDefinition.ROLE_APPLICATION will apply.

If Role is present on a @Configuration class, this indicates the role of the configuration class bean definition and does not cascade to all @Bean methods defined within. This behavior is different from the behavior of the @Lazy annotation, for example.

Since:
3.1
Author:
Chris Beams
See Also:

  • Required Element Summary

    Required Elements
    Modifier and Type
    Required Element
    Description
    int
    value
    Set the role hint for the associated bean.