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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.FIELD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PARAMETER;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation that allows the attachment of any intent to a Java Class or interface or to members of that
+ * class such as methods, fields or constructor parameters.
+ * <p/>
+ * Intents are specified as XML QNames in the representation defined by
+ * {@link javax.xml.namespace.QName#toString()}. Intents may be qualified with one or more
+ * suffixes separated by a "." such as:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>{http://www.osoa.org/xmlns/sca/1.0}confidentiality</li>
+ * <li>{http://www.osoa.org/xmlns/sca/1.0}confidentiality.message</li>
+ * </ul>
+ * This annotation supports general purpose intents specified as strings.  Users may also define
+ * specific intents using the {@link @org.osoa.sca.annotations.Intent} annotation.
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+@Inherited
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+@Target({TYPE, METHOD, FIELD, PARAMETER})
+public @interface Requires {
+    /**
+     * Returns the attached intents.
+     *
+     * @return the attached intents
+     */
+    String[] value() default "";
+}