ActiveRecord/Castle.ActiveRecord/Attributes/RawXmlMappingAttribute.cs

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  14
  15 namespace Castle.ActiveRecord
  16 {
  17         using System;
  18
  19         /// <summary>
  20         /// Abstract base class for custom attributes that can generate XML and return it directly.
  21         /// This allows to customize the generate the XML passed to NHibernate in a flexible way.
  22         /// </summary>
  23         [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Assembly, AllowMultiple = true), Serializable]
  24         public abstract class RawXmlMappingAttribute : Attribute
  25         {
  26                 /// <summary>
  27                 /// Get the mapping xml to add to NHibernate's configuration.
  28                 /// Note that we allow to return more than a single mapping, each string is
  29                 /// treated as a seperated document.
  30                 /// </summary>
  31                 public abstract string[] GetMappings();
  32         }
  33 }