#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
 * Copyright (C) 2002-2015 Heuristic and Evolutionary Algorithms Laboratory (HEAL)
 *
 * This file is part of HeuristicLab.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * HeuristicLab is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with HeuristicLab. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Reflection;

namespace HeuristicLab.Persistence {


  /// <summary>
  /// Indicate that this constructor should be used instead of the default constructor
  /// when the <c>StorableSerializer</c> instantiates this class during
  /// deserialization.
  /// 
  /// The constructor must take exactly one <c>bool</c> argument that will be
  /// set to <c>true</c> during deserialization.
  /// </summary>
  [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Constructor, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = false)]
  public sealed class StorableConstructorAttribute : Attribute {
    public static bool IsStorableConstructor(ConstructorInfo constructorInfo) {
      return Attribute.IsDefined(constructorInfo, typeof(StorableConstructorAttribute));
    }
  }
}