Package org.axonframework.messaging.eventhandling.annotation

Annotation Interface Event

@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target({TYPE,ANNOTATION_TYPE})
public @interface Event

Annotation used to mark an object as an event.

Allows for specifying the business/domain name() of the event and the version() of the event. The fields are used to map an annotated-event to a EventMessage.

Since:

5.0.0

Author:

Steven van Beelen

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
String	name	The business or domain name of the event.
String	namespace	The namespace or (bounded) context of the event.
String	version	The version of the event.

Element Details

namespace

String namespace

The namespace or (bounded) context of the event.

Is used to define the QualifiedName.namespace() of a fully qualified name.

Defaults to the package name of the annotated class.

Returns:

The namespace or (bounded) context of the event.

See Also:

• QualifiedName.namespace()
• AnnotationMessageTypeResolver

Default:

""

name

String name

The business or domain name of the event.

Is used to define the QualifiedName.localName() of a fully qualified name.

Defaults to the simple name of the annotated class. Note that when a nested class is annotated, the simple name does not include the names of the enclosing classes.

Returns:

The business or domain name of the event.

See Also:

• QualifiedName.localName()

Default:

""

version

String version

The version of the event.

Will typically be mapped to the MessageType.version(). Defaults to MessageType.DEFAULT_VERSION.

Returns:

The version of the event.

Default:

"0.0.1"