001/*
002 * Copyright 2006-2007 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.batch.core.annotation;
018
019import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
020import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
021import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
022import java.lang.annotation.Target;
023
024import org.springframework.batch.core.Step;
025import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
026import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener;
027
028/**
029 * Marks a method to be called before a {@link Step} is executed, which comes
030 * after a {@link StepExecution} is created and persisted, but before the first
031 * item is read. <br>
032 * <br>
033 * Expected signature: void beforeStep({@link StepExecution} stepExecution)
034 * 
035 * @author Lucas Ward
036 * @since 2.0
037 * @see StepExecutionListener
038 */
039@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
040@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
041public @interface BeforeStep {
042
043}