package org.grouplens.lenskit.core;

import org.grouplens.grapht.annotation.Attribute;

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

/**
 * Mark a component dependency as transient. This is only done on provider/builder
 * components, and means that the specified dependency is only needed while the
 * output component is being built, but the final component does not depend on
 * the transient dependency.
 * <p>
 * Example: a provider that reads the ratings from the DAO to compute their average
 * and build a component around that average has a transient dependency on the DAO.
 *
 * @author Michael Ekstrand
 */
@Attribute
@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Transient {
}

/*
 * LensKit, an open source recommender systems toolkit.
 * Copyright 2010-2012 Regents of the University of Minnesota and contributors
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
 * details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
 * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51
 * Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */
package org.grouplens.lenskit.core;

import org.grouplens.grapht.annotation.Attribute;

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

/**
 * Mark a component dependency as transient. This is only done on provider/builder
 * components, and means that the specified dependency is only needed while the
 * output component is being built, but the final component does not depend on
 * the transient dependency.
 * <p>
 * Example: a provider that reads the ratings from the DAO to compute their average
 * and build a component around that average has a transient dependency on the DAO.
 *
 * @author Michael Ekstrand
 */
@Attribute
@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Transient {
}

Add missing license header (refs #173)