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+/*
+ * Copyright(C) OASIS(R) 2005,2010. All Rights Reserved.
+ * OASIS trademark, IPR and other policies apply.
+ */
+package org.oasisopen.sca.annotation;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * The @Service annotation is used on a component implementation
+ * class to specify the SCA services offered by the implementation.
+ *
+ * The class need not be declared as implementing all of the
+ * interfaces implied by the services, but all methods of the service
+ * interfaces must be present.
+ *
+ * A class used as the implementation of a service is not required
+ * to have a @Service annotation.  If a class has no @Service annotation,
+ * then the rules determining which services are offered and what
+ * interfaces those services have are determined by the specific
+ * implementation type.
+ */
+@Target(TYPE)
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+public @interface Service {
+
+    /**
+     * The value is an array of interface or class objects that should be
+     * exposed as services by this component.
+     *
+     * @return the services of this component
+     */
+    Class<?>[] value();
+
+    /**
+     * The value is an array of strings which are used as the service names
+     * for each of the interfaces declared in the value array.
+     *
+     * @return the service names
+     */
+    String[] names() default {};
+}