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Annotation Type Qualifier</H2>
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<DT><PRE><FONT SIZE="-1">@Target(value=ANNOTATION_TYPE)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Documented
</FONT>public @interface <B>Qualifier</B></DL>
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Identifies qualifier annotations. A qualifier annotates an injectable field
 or parameter and, combined with the type, identifies the implementation to
 inject. Qualifiers are optional and no more than one should annotate a
 single field or parameter. The qualifiers are bold in the following
 example:

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   public class Car {
     &#064;Inject private <b>@Leather</b> Provider&lt;Seat> seatProvider;

     &#064;Inject void install(<b>@Tinted</b> Windshield windshield,
         <b>@Big</b> Trunk trunk) { ... }
   }</pre>

 <p>If one injectable method overrides another, the overriding method's
 parameters do not automatically inherit qualifiers from the overridden
 method's parameters.

 <p>Anyone can define a new qualifier. A qualifier annotation:
 <ul>
   <li>is annotated with <code>@Qualifier</code>, <code>@Retention(RUNTIME)</code>,
      and typically <code>@Documented</code>.</li>
   <li>can have attributes.</li>
   <li>is <i>not</i> annotated with <code>@Target</code>. While this
      specification only covers applying qualifiers to fields and parameters,
      some injector configurations might use qualifier annotations in other
      places (on methods or classes for example).</li>
   <li>may be part of the public API, much like the dependency type, but
      unlike implementation types which needn't be part of the public
      API.</li>
 </ul>

 <p>For example:

 <pre>
   &#064;java.lang.annotation.Documented
   &#064;java.lang.annotation.Retention(RUNTIME)
   &#064;javax.inject.Qualifier
   public @interface Leather {
     Color color() default Color.TAN;
     public enum Color { RED, BLACK, TAN }
   }</pre>
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