Package de.smartics.properties.api.core.annotations

Provides annotations to attach metadata to properties.

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Description

Class Summary

PropertyLifecycle.UpdateInterval

Defines constants for the PropertyLifecycle.updateInterval().

Enum Summary

AccessType	Defines the type of the access to properties.
PropertyDefinitionTime	Defines the different times the definition of a property is conducted.

Annotation Types Summary

PropertyElementType	Defines the value type of a collection property value.
PropertyExpression	Defines a default expression for the property to evaluate a value, if not specified otherwise.
PropertyIntValueRange	Defines the range of valid integer values of a property.
PropertyKeyName	Defines a name of a property key.
PropertyLifecycle	Defines the lifecycle of a property.
PropertyListElementConstraints	Flags a nested interface as defining constraints for property list elements.
PropertyMetaDataMethod	Declares a method to return meta data instead of a property value.
PropertySet	Defines a set of properties.
PropertyStringValueRange	Defines the range of valid string values of a property.

Package de.smartics.properties.api.core.annotations Description

Provides annotations to attach metadata to properties.

The central annotation to declare a property set is PropertySet.

The following annotations allow to declare properties and their metadata:

1. PropertyKeyName - specify the name of the property to override the default.
2. PropertyLifecycle - specify definition time, access type and update interval of a property.
3. PropertyExpression - specify a default value or a resolvable expression for a property value.
4. PropertyMetaDataMethod - tag a method to return a PropertyKey or PropertyDescriptor explicitly.
5. Property Ranges
   1. PropertyIntValueRange - specify a range of integer values to select from.
   2. PropertyStringValueRange - specify a range of string values to select from.
   3. Note: If elements are to be taken from an enumeration, simply state the enum type as return value. Defaults may be set by their string representation.
6. List Properties
   1. PropertyElementType - specify type of an element (if it is not a String) since generics information is not available at runtime.
   2. PropertyListElementConstraints - specify constraints on a list element.

Since:

1.0