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 * SARL is an general-purpose agent programming language.
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package io.sarl.lang.core.annotation;

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

/**
 * Annotation for marking the functions that decides if the agent internal event dispatcher may execute the corresponding
 *  behavior (<b>on</b> clause) to process the incoming event.
 *
 * @author $Author: ngaud$
 * @version $FullVersion$
 * @mavengroupid $GroupId$
 * @mavenartifactid $ArtifactId$
 */
@Retention(value = RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(value = ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface PerceptGuardEvaluator {

	/** Replies the type parameters upper bounds that is supported by the associated method.
	 * It should be defined when the associated received event is a generic event.
	 * Then, the caller of the associated function could use the type parameters to determine
	 * if the function should be called for treated the received event.
	 *
	 * @return the bounds of the type parameters.
	 * @since 0.14
	 */
	Class<?>[] typeParameters() default {};
	
}
