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  * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation

  *

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (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.opensource.org/licenses/ecl1.php

  *

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

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  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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 package org.kuali.rice.kns.uif.core;

 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;

 /**

  * Annotation for <code>View</code> fields to indicate the field can be set by a

  * parameter of the initial request

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  */

 @Target({ ElementType.FIELD })

 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)

 @Documented

 public @interface RequestParameter {

         /**

          * Name of the request parameter whose value should be pulled to populate

          * the field. If not set, any parameter that matches the name of the field

          * will be used

          * 

          * @return String request parameter name

          */

         public String parameterName() default "";

 }