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package org.adempiere.base.annotation;

import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Annotation for Column Callout. <br/>
 * This should only be used for class that implements the IColumnCallout interface.
 * You can repeat the annotation multiple time for different table and column name combination.<br/>
 * Note that you can't use * for both tableName and columnName attribute.
 * @author hengsin
 *
 */
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Repeatable(Callouts.class)
public @interface Callout {
	/**
	 * 
	 * @return table names or * to match all tables
	 */
	String[] tableName();
	
	/**
	 * 
	 * @return column names or * to match all columns
	 */
	String[] columnName();	
}