Package com.tngtech.archunit.junit

Annotation Type ArchTag

@Inherited
@Documented
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@PublicAPI(usage=ACCESS)
@Repeatable(ArchTags.class)
@Target({TYPE,METHOD,FIELD})
public @interface ArchTag

@ArchTag is a repeatable annotation that allows tagging any @ArchTest field/method/class. Sets of rules can be classified to run together this way. Rules could be tagged like

@ArchTag("dependencies")
 static ArchRule no_accesses_from_server_to_client = classes()...
 

Users of ArchTag must follow the syntax conventions that the JUnit Platform Engine defines:

• A tag must not be blank.
• A trimmed tag must not contain whitespace.
• A trimmed tag must not contain ISO control characters.
• A trimmed tag must not contain any of the following reserved characters.
  • ,: comma
  • (: left parenthesis
  • ): right parenthesis
  • &: ampersand
  • |: vertical bar
  • !: exclamation point

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element	Description
java.lang.String	value	The actual tag.

Element Detail

value

java.lang.String value

The actual tag. It will first be trimmed and must then adhere to the Syntax Rules for Tags. Otherwise the tag will be ignored.