001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2014 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.web.bind.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 * Annotation that indicates a method return value should be bound to the web 027 * response body. Supported for annotated handler methods in Servlet environments. 028 * 029 * <p>As of version 4.0 this annotation can also be added on the type level in 030 * which case it is inherited and does not need to be added on the method level. 031 * 032 * @author Arjen Poutsma 033 * @since 3.0 034 * @see RequestBody 035 * @see RestController 036 */ 037@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD}) 038@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 039@Documented 040public @interface ResponseBody { 041 042}