001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors. 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 * https://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 */ 016 017package org.springframework.scheduling.annotation; 018 019import java.lang.annotation.Documented; 020import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 021import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 022import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 023import java.lang.annotation.Target; 024 025/** 026 * Container annotation that aggregates several {@link Scheduled} annotations. 027 * 028 * <p>Can be used natively, declaring several nested {@link Scheduled} annotations. 029 * Can also be used in conjunction with Java 8's support for repeatable annotations, 030 * where {@link Scheduled} can simply be declared several times on the same method, 031 * implicitly generating this container annotation. 032 * 033 * <p>This annotation may be used as a <em>meta-annotation</em> to create custom 034 * <em>composed annotations</em>. 035 * 036 * @author Juergen Hoeller 037 * @since 4.0 038 * @see Scheduled 039 */ 040@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE}) 041@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 042@Documented 043public @interface Schedules { 044 045 Scheduled[] value(); 046 047}