#region MigraDoc - Creating Documents on the Fly
//
// Authors:
//   Stefan Lange (mailto:Stefan.Lange@pdfsharp.com)
//   Klaus Potzesny (mailto:Klaus.Potzesny@pdfsharp.com)
//   David Stephensen (mailto:David.Stephensen@pdfsharp.com)
//
// Copyright (c) 2001-2009 empira Software GmbH, Cologne (Germany)
//
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// http://www.migradoc.com
// http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfsharp
//
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#endregion

using System;

namespace MigraDoc.DocumentObjectModel.Internals
{
  /// <summary>
  /// Indicates that this field can be accessed via SetValue and GetValue.
  /// </summary>
  [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field | AttributeTargets.Property)]
  internal class DVAttribute : Attribute
  {
    /// <summary>
    /// Initializes a new instance of the DVAttribute class.
    /// </summary>
    public DVAttribute()
    {
      RefOnly = false;
      ItemType = null;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or sets the type of the reflected value. Must be specified by NEnum.
    /// </summary>
    public Type Type
    {
      get { return this.type; }
      set { this.type = value; }
    }
    internal Type type;

    /// <summary>
    /// Determines whether the field is RefOnly and should be excluded from recursive operations.
    /// </summary>
    public bool RefOnly;

    // TODO: Check type in value descriptor
    /// <summary>
    /// Describes the type of the elements a collection contains.
    /// </summary>
    public Type ItemType;
  }
}
