1 /** 2 * This file Copyright (c) 2016 Magnolia International 3 * Ltd. (http://www.magnolia-cms.com). All rights reserved. 4 * 5 * 6 * This file is dual-licensed under both the Magnolia 7 * Network Agreement and the GNU General Public License. 8 * You may elect to use one or the other of these licenses. 9 * 10 * This file is distributed in the hope that it will be 11 * useful, but AS-IS and WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the 12 * implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A 13 * PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, or NONINFRINGEMENT. 14 * Redistribution, except as permitted by whichever of the GPL 15 * or MNA you select, is prohibited. 16 * 17 * 1. For the GPL license (GPL), you can redistribute and/or 18 * modify this file under the terms of the GNU General 19 * Public License, Version 3, as published by the Free Software 20 * Foundation. You should have received a copy of the GNU 21 * General Public License, Version 3 along with this program; 22 * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 23 * Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. 24 * 25 * 2. For the Magnolia Network Agreement (MNA), this file 26 * and the accompanying materials are made available under the 27 * terms of the MNA which accompanies this distribution, and 28 * is available at http://www.magnolia-cms.com/mna.html 29 * 30 * Any modifications to this file must keep this entire header 31 * intact. 32 * 33 */ 34 package info.magnolia.config.registry.decoration; 35 36 /** 37 * Provides the very minimum of meta-data needed for decorators. 38 */ 39 public interface DefinitionDecoratorMetadata { 40 41 /** 42 * The source module of the decorator. This is primarily needed to sort the decorators based on its origin-module for the decorators 43 * to be applied in the right order. 44 * This is sort of the only "restriction" for a decorator. It has to be provided by a module. How it is resolved and 45 * what it is applied to is up to the implementation of the decorator. 46 * 47 * @see DefinitionDecorators#moduleDependencyBasedComparator(info.magnolia.module.ModuleRegistry) 48 * @see info.magnolia.config.registry.AbstractRegistry#getDecoratedDefinitionProvider 49 */ 50 String getSourceModule(); 51 }