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package de.uapcore.lightpit;

import java.lang.annotation.*;


/**
 * Maps requests to methods.
 * <p>
 * This annotation is used to annotate methods within classes which
 * override {@link AbstractLightPITServlet}.
 */
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface RequestMapping {

    /**
     * Specifies the HTTP method.
     *
     * @return the HTTP method handled by the annotated Java method
     */
    HttpMethod method();

    /**
     * Specifies the request path relative to the module path.
     * The trailing slash is important.
     * A node may start with a dollar ($) sign.
     * This part of the path is then treated as an path parameter.
     * Path parameters can be obtained by including the {@link PathParameters} interface in the signature.
     *
     * @return the request path the annotated method should handle
     */
    String requestPath() default "/";
}