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+.. _scan_directive:
+
+``scan``
+--------
+
+To make use of :term:`configuration decoration` decorators, you must
+perform a :term:`scan`.  A scan finds these decorators in code.  The
+``scan`` ZCML directive tells :mod:`repoze.bfg` to begin such a scan.
+
+Attributes
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``package``
+
+    The package to scan or the single dot (``.``), meaning the
+    "current" package (the package in which the ZCML file lives).
+
+Example
+~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: xml
+   :linenos:
+    
+   <scan package="."/>
+
+Alternatives
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The :meth:`repoze.bfg.configuration.Configurator.scan` method performs
+the same job as the ``scan`` ZCML directive.
+
+See Also
+~~~~~~~~
+
+See also :ref:`mapping_views_using_a_decorator_section`.