001    /*
002     * Sonar, open source software quality management tool.
003     * Copyright (C) 2008-2012 SonarSource
004     * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
005     *
006     * Sonar is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
007     * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
008     * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
009     * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
010     *
011     * Sonar is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014     * Lesser General Public License for more details.
015     *
016     * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
017     * License along with Sonar; if not, write to the Free Software
018     * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02
019     */
020    package org.sonar.check;
021    
022    import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
023    import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
024    import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
025    import java.lang.annotation.Target;
026    
027    /**
028     * @since 2.3
029     */
030    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
031    @Target(ElementType.TYPE)
032    public @interface Rule {
033    
034      /**
035       * The default key is the class name.
036       */
037      String key() default "";
038    
039      /**
040       * The rule name. If not defined, then the name is the key
041       */
042      String name() default "";
043    
044      /**
045       * The description, optional.
046       */
047      String description() default "";
048    
049      /**
050       * Default priority.
051       */
052      Priority priority() default Priority.MAJOR;
053    
054      /**
055       * Will probably be deprecated and replaced by tags
056       * 
057       * @deprecated since 2.5. See http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/SONAR-2007
058       */
059      @Deprecated
060      IsoCategory isoCategory() default IsoCategory.NONE;
061    
062      Cardinality cardinality() default Cardinality.SINGLE;
063    }