gerrit-extension-api/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/extensions/annotations/ExtensionPoint.java

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package com.google.gerrit.extensions.annotations;

import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import com.google.gerrit.extensions.registration.DynamicSet;
import com.google.inject.BindingAnnotation;

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

/**
 * Annotation for interfaces that accept auto-registered implementations.
 * <p>
 * Interfaces that accept automatically registered implementations into their
 * {@link DynamicSet} must be tagged with this annotation.
 * <p>
 * Plugins or extensions that implement an {@code @ExtensionPoint} interface
 * should use the {@link Listen} annotation to automatically register.
 *
 * @see Listen
 */
@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@BindingAnnotation
public @interface ExtensionPoint {
}