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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 <AT&T>.  All rights reserved.
+ * ===================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed 
+ * on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
+ * the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onap.tosca.checker.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+
+/**
+ * Marks a method as a processing step during the checking phase. Allows for additional checking to be 'plugged' in.
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target({ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD}) 
+/**
+ * Marks a method as participating in the consistency checking stage. The method is expected to have the following
+ * signature:
+ *	param theDef type of expected representation of the construct's information, for example Map<String,Map> for
+ * 			node_types or List<Map> for requirements
+ *  param theContext	CheckContext instance exposing the checker state
+ * 
+ * Note: currently not used at type level
+ */
+/* The iffy part: as a type annotaton we do not need a path or a version specification,
+   as a method annotation it is mandatory (cannot be the default) 
+	 We could forsee that a version indication at type level would cover all check handler within the type
+ */
+public @interface Checks {
+  String path() default "/";
+	String[] version() default { "1.0", "1.0.0", "1.1", "1.1.0" };
+}