001/*
002 * Copyright 2020 Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
008 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014 * limitations under the License.
015 */
016package org.gbif.api.annotation;
017
018import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
019import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
020import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
021import java.lang.annotation.Target;
022
023/**
024 * This annotation is used to mark Date parameter that can accept partial dates as input.
025 * For example: 01-2018 or 01/2018 will be translated into 01-01-2018 for resources
026 * and vice versa for clients.
027 */
028@SuppressWarnings("unused")
029@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
030@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
031public @interface PartialDate {
032
033  /**
034   * Parameter name.
035   */
036  String value();
037}