Introduce Ordered#NOT_ORDERED

To provide a reasonable default value for annotations that expose
int-returning #order attributes.
master
Chris Beams 14 years ago
parent 7b999c676f
commit 17892a8ab2
  1. 8
      org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/Ordered.java

@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ public interface Ordered {
*/ */
int LOWEST_PRECEDENCE = Integer.MAX_VALUE; int LOWEST_PRECEDENCE = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
/**
* A reserved integer value indicating that a component should
* be treated as unordered. Users should avoid this using this
* reserved value ({@value}) when ordering their own components.
* Useful when populating annotation, where null cannot be specified
* as a default for integer attributes.
*/
int NOT_ORDERED = (Integer.MIN_VALUE +1) / 2; // -1073741823
/** /**
* Return the order value of this object, with a * Return the order value of this object, with a

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