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

Provides annotations to attach metadata to properties.

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Description

Interface Summary

PropertyCategories.Business	Tags a property as a business property that is environment agnostic.
PropertyCategories.CategoryTag	Allows to tag interfaces to be used as value for the PropertyCategories annotation.
PropertyCategories.Technical	Tags a property as a technical property.

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.
PropertyUse.UseType	The type of using the property.

Annotation Types Summary

PropertyCategories	Categorizes a property.
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.
PropertyUse	Defines the type of using the property.
PropertyValueSecured	Defines that the property value is secured.

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. PropertyCategory - specify category to tag a property e.g. as technical or business. Any category new type is allowed.
5. PropertyUse - specify the use type of a property. Properties may be used e.g. as configuration or features.
6. PropertyMetaDataMethod - tag a method to return a PropertyKey or PropertyDescriptor explicitly.
7. 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.
8. 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