1 package ca.uhn.fhir.rest.annotation; 2 3 /* 4 * #%L 5 * HAPI FHIR - Core Library 6 * %% 7 * Copyright (C) 2014 - 2019 University Health Network 8 * %% 9 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 10 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 11 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 12 * 13 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14 * 15 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 16 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 17 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 18 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 19 * limitations under the License. 20 * #L% 21 */ 22 23 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType; 24 import java.lang.annotation.Retention; 25 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy; 26 import java.lang.annotation.Target; 27 28 import ca.uhn.fhir.rest.api.SortSpec; 29 30 /** 31 * For searches, a parameter may be annotated with the {@link Sort} annotation. The 32 * parameter should be of type {@link SortSpec}. 33 * 34 * <p> 35 * Note that if you wish to chain 36 * multiple sort parameters (i.e. a sub sort), you should use the {@link SortSpec#setChain(SortSpec)} 37 * method. Multiple parameters should not be annotated with the Sort annotation. 38 * </p> 39 * 40 * @see Search 41 */ 42 @Target(value=ElementType.PARAMETER) 43 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME) 44 public @interface Sort { 45 // nothing 46 }