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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.    
+ */
+package org.osoa.sca.annotations;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation used to indicate a scoped service.
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+@Target(TYPE)
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+public @interface Scope {
+    /**
+     * The name of the scope. Values currently defined by the specification are:
+     * <ul>
+     * <li>stateless (default)</li>
+     * <li>request</li>
+     * <li>session</li>
+     * <li>module</li>
+     * <li>conversation</li>
+     * </ul>
+     */
+    String value() default "STATELESS";
+}