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com.google.api.server.spi.config
Annotation Type ApiReference
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value=TYPE)
public @interface ApiReference
Annotation to specify that the annotated class should use the same Api configuration
information as the referenced class. This referenced configuration is used instead of any
configuration inherited from Api annotations or other ApiReference annotations
on super classes.
If a single class is annotated with both Api and ApiReference annotations,
configuration is first retrieved using the ApiReference annotation and is then overridden
with configuration from the Api annotation.
The class to which this ApiReference annotation will act as a reference.
Element Detail
value
public abstract java.lang.Class<?> value
The class to which this ApiReference annotation will act as a reference. The referenced class
or an inherited superclass of the referenced class must have API configuration provided
from an Api annotation or another ApiReference annotation.
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