SCM Version Annotation

VersionId.java

package com.ran488.samples.annotation;

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

/**
 * Custom annotation type used to annotate classes with the SCM version id
 * string, instead of putting the value in a String field or comment. 
 * Since this is a runtime annotation, the version string can be extracted 
 * out of compiled classes with a decompiler.
 * Example of usage (ClearCase): 
 * <CODE>
 * @VersionId("@(#) SomeClass.java [@@/main/some_branch/2]>")
 * public class SomeClass {
 * 	...
 * </CODE>
 */
@Documented
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface VersionId {
    String value();
}