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<DT><PRE><FONT SIZE="-1">@Documented
<A HREF="../../javax/annotation/meta/TypeQualifier.html" title="annotation in javax.annotation.meta">@TypeQualifier</A>(<A HREF="../../javax/annotation/meta/TypeQualifier.html#applicableTo()">applicableTo</A>=java.lang.String.class)
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This annotation a value that is of a particular syntax, such as Java syntax
or regular expression syntax. This can be used to provide syntax checking of
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<CODE> java.lang.String</CODE></FONT></TD>
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Value indicating the particular syntax denoted by this annotation.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../javax/annotation/meta/When.html" title="enum in javax.annotation.meta">When</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
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value</H3>
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<DD>Value indicating the particular syntax denoted by this annotation.
Different tools will recognize different syntaxes, but some proposed
canonical values are:
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<li> "Java"
<li> "RegEx"
<li> "JavaScript"
<li> "Ruby"
<li> "Groovy"
<li> "SQL"
<li> "FormatString"
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Syntax names can be followed by a colon and a list of key value pairs,
separated by commas. For example, "SQL:dialect=Oracle,version=2.3". Tools
should ignore any keys they don't recognize.
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when</H3>
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public abstract <A HREF="../../javax/annotation/meta/When.html" title="enum in javax.annotation.meta">When</A> <B>when</B></PRE>
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