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package org.apache.isis.applib.annotation;

import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;

/**
 * The means by which a domain service action will be contributed to a domain object.
 */
@XmlType(
        namespace = "http://isis.apache.org/applib/layout/component"
        )
public enum Contributed {
    /**
     * Default: contributed as both an action and also (if takes a single argument and has safe semantics) as an association
     * (contributed property if returns a single value, contributed collection if returns a collection).
     */
    AS_BOTH,
    /**
     * Contributed as an action but <i>not</i> as an association.
     */
    AS_ACTION,
    /**
     * (If takes a single argument and has safe semantics) then is contributed as an association
     * (contributed property if returns a single value, contributed collection if returns a collection) but <i>not</i>
     * as an action.
     */
    AS_ASSOCIATION,
    /**
     * The action is not contributed as either an action or as an association.
     */
    AS_NEITHER,
    /**
     * Ignore the value provided by this annotation (meaning that the framework will keep searching, in meta
     * annotations or superclasses/interfaces).
     */
    NOT_SPECIFIED
}