com.lhkbob.entreri.property

Annotation Type Factory

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value={METHOD,TYPE})
public @interface Factory

The Factory annotation can be placed on a Property implementation or the getter method in a Component definition to specify the type of PropertyFactory to use when creating instances of the Property for the component. The factory type must have a no-argument constructor or a constructor that takes a single Attributes instance in order to be instantiated correctly. This annotation can be used if Property does not provide a default factory with sufficient flexibility with annotation attributes (e.g. IntProperty.DefaultInt for the Properties defined in com.lhkbob.entreri.property).

Every Property implementation must be annotated with this annotation

Author:

Michael Ludwig

See Also:

PropertyFactory, Property

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
Class<? extends PropertyFactory<?>>	value

Element Detail

value

public abstract Class<? extends PropertyFactory<?>> value

Returns:

Class of the PropertyFactory to instantiate, must have an accessible no-argument constructor