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+/* 
+@VaadinApache2LicenseForJavaFiles@
+ */
+
+package com.vaadin.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import com.vaadin.terminal.gwt.server.ClientConnector;
+
+/**
+ * If this annotation is present on a {@link ClientConnector} class, the
+ * framework ensures the referenced style sheets are loaded before the init
+ * method for the corresponding client-side connector is invoked.
+ * <p>
+ * Example: {@code @StyleSheet( "http://host.com/file1.css", "file2.css"})} on
+ * the class com.example.MyConnector would load the file
+ * http://host.com/file1.css as is and file2.css from /com/example/file2.css on
+ * the server's classpath using the ClassLoader that was used to load
+ * com.example.MyConnector.
+ * 
+ * @author Vaadin Ltd
+ * @version @VERSION@
+ * @since 7.0.0
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+public @interface StyleSheet {
+    /**
+     * Style sheets to load before initializing the client-side connector.
+     * 
+     * @return an array of style sheet urls
+     */
+    public String[] value();
+}