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package com.googlesource.gerrit.plugins.support.annotations;

import com.google.inject.BindingAnnotation;

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

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

/**
 * Local path where a plugin can store its own private data.
 * <p>
 * A plugin or extension may receive this string by Guice injection to discover
 * a path where it can store configuration or other data that is private.
 * Differently from the Gerrit @PluginData annotation, this automatically
 * convert any underlying @PluginData annotation to a Path, regardless of
 * the version of Gerrit used.
 */
@Target({ElementType.PARAMETER, ElementType.FIELD})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@BindingAnnotation
public @interface PluginDataPath {
}