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package javax.enterprise.inject;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Specifies the name of a bean.
 * 
 * @author Gavin King
 * @author Pete Muir
 */

@Target( { TYPE, METHOD, FIELD })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface Named
{

   /**
    * If no name is explicitly specified, the default name is used.
    * 
    * For simple beans and session beans the default name is the unqualified 
    * class name of the bean class, after converting the first character to 
    * lower case. 
    * 
    * For producer methods the default name is the method name, unless the 
    * method follows the JavaBeans property getter naming convention, in which 
    * case the default name is the JavaBeans property name. 
    * 
    * @return the bean name
    */
   public String value() default "";

}