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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.context.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Container annotation that aggregates several {@link ComponentScan} annotations.
+ *
+ * <p>Can be used natively, declaring several nested {@link ComponentScan} annotations.
+ * Can also be used in conjunction with Java 8's support for repeatable annotations,
+ * where {@link ComponentScan} can simply be declared several times on the same method,
+ * implicitly generating this container annotation.
+ *
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @since 4.3
+ * @see ComponentScan
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+@Documented
+public @interface ComponentScans {
+
+	ComponentScan[] value();
+
+}