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package javax.xml.ws;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;

import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import javax.xml.ws.soap.Addressing;

/**

 * The <code>Action</code> annotation allows explicit association of a

 * WS-Addressing <code>Action</code> message addressing property with

 * <code>input</code>, <code>output</code>, and

 * <code>fault</code> messages of the mapped WSDL operation.

 * <p>

 * In this version of JAX-WS there is no standard way to specify

 * <code>Action</code> values in a WSDL and there is no standard default value.  It is intended that,

 * after the W3C WG on WS-Addressing has defined these items in a recommendation,

 * a future version of JAX-WS will require the new standards.

 *

 * @see Addressing

 * @see FaultAction

 *

 * @since JAX-WS 2.1

 */

@Documented

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)

@Target(ElementType.METHOD)

public @interface Action {

    /**

     * Explicit value of the WS-Addressing <code>Action</code> message addressing property for the <code>input</code>

     * message of the operation.

     */

    String input() default "";

    /**

     * Explicit value of the WS-Addressing <code>Action</code> message addressing property for the <code>output</code>

     * message of the operation.

     */

    String output() default "";

    /**

     * Explicit value of the WS-Addressing <code>Action</code> message addressing property for the <code>fault</code>

     * message(s) of the operation. Each exception that is mapped to a fault and requires an explicit WS-Addressing

     * <code>Action</code> message addressing property, needs to be specified as a value in this property

     * using {@link FaultAction} annotation.

     */

    FaultAction[] fault() default { };

}