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     88 Annotation Type Scope</H2>
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     91 <DT><PRE><FONT SIZE="-1">@Target(value=ANNOTATION_TYPE)
     92 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
     93 @Documented
     94 </FONT>public @interface <B>Scope</B></DL>
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     97 <P>
     98 Identifies scope annotations. A scope annotation applies to a class
     99  containing an injectable constructor and governs how the injector reuses
    100  instances of the type. By default, if no scope annotation is present, the
    101  injector creates an instance (by injecting the type's constructor), uses
    102  the instance for one injection, and then forgets it. If a scope annotation
    103  is present, the injector may retain the instance for possible reuse in a
    104  later injection. If multiple threads can access a scoped instance, its
    105  implementation should be thread safe. The implementation of the scope
    106  itself is left up to the injector.
    107 
    108  <p>In the following example, the scope annotation <code>@Singleton</code> ensures
    109  that we only have one Log instance:
    110 
    111  <pre>
    112    &#064;Singleton
    113    class Log {
    114      void log(String message) { ... }
    115    }</pre>
    116  
    117  <p>The injector generates an error if it encounters more than one scope
    118  annotation on the same class or a scope annotation it doesn't support.
    119 
    120  <p>A scope annotation:
    121  <ul>
    122    <li>is annotated with <code>@Scope</code>, <code>@Retention(RUNTIME)</code>,
    123       and typically <code>@Documented</code>.</li>
    124    <li>should not have attributes.</li>
    125    <li>is typically not <code>@Inherited</code>, so scoping is orthogonal to
    126       implementation inheritance.</li>
    127    <li>may have restricted usage if annotated with <code>@Target</code>. While
    128       this specification covers applying scopes to classes only, some 
    129       injector configurations might use scope annotations
    130       in other places (on factory method results for example).</li>
    131  </ul>
    132 
    133  <p>For example:
    134 
    135  <pre>
    136    &#064;java.lang.annotation.Documented
    137    &#064;java.lang.annotation.Retention(RUNTIME)
    138    &#064;javax.inject.Scope
    139    public @interface RequestScoped {}</pre>
    140 
    141  <p>Annotating scope annotations with <code>@Scope</code> helps the injector
    142  detect the case where a programmer used the scope annotation on a class but
    143  forgot to configure the scope in the injector. A conservative injector
    144  would generate an error rather than not apply a scope.
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    149 <DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../javax/inject/Singleton.html" title="annotation in javax.inject"><CODE>@Singleton</CODE></A></DL>
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