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package javax.ws.rs.container;

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;

/**
 * Global binding annotation that can be applied to a {@link ContainerRequestFilter
 * container request filter} to indicate that such filter should be applied globally
 * on all resources in the application before the actual resource matching occurs.
 * <p>
 * The JAX-RS runtime will apply the filters marked with the {@code @PreMatching}
 * annotation globally to all resources, before the incoming request has been matched
 * to a particular resource method.
 * Any {@link javax.ws.rs.NameBinding named binding annotations} will be ignored on
 * a component annotated with the {@code @PreMatching} annotation.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Marek Potociar
 */
@Target({ElementType.TYPE})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface PreMatching {
}
