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package com.intellij.util.xml;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Annotates DOM attribute children getters, that should return {@link DomElement}.
 * The getters may be annotated with {@link Convert} annotation, if it returns {@link GenericDomValue} inheritor.
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
public @interface SubTag {
  /**
   * @return child XML tag name if it can't be inferred from the getter name (see {@link NameStrategy})
   */
  @NonNls String value() default "";

  /**
   * @return if there are several child XML tags with the same name (e.g. always 2), the number of the child tag we should deal with
   */
  int index() default 0;

  /**
   * @return for methods returning {@link GenericDomValue}<{@link Boolean}>, defines, whether the Boolean.TRUE should
   * correspond just to empty tag existence, and Boolean.FALSE - to non-existence. {@link #index()} should be always 0 in such a case.
   */
  boolean indicator() default false;
}
