org.nanes.slideset.dm.write

Annotation Type ElementWriterMetadata

@Documented
 @Target(value=TYPE)
 @Retention(value=SOURCE)
public @interface ElementWriterMetadata

Metadata for indexing ElementWriters. An ElementWriter must be marked with this annotation type in order to be discovered at runtime. The values in this annotation type are used to identify SlideSet columns and command output parameters compatible with the writer.

Author:

Benjamin Nanes

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
Class	elementType DataElement class compatible with the writer
String	name Human-readable name of the writer
Class	processedType Type of "processed" data compatible with the writer.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	linkExt For file links, the default file extension to use with this writer
String	mimeType MIME type produced by the writer

Element Detail

name

public abstract String name

Human-readable name of the writer

processedType

public abstract Class processedType

Type of "processed" data compatible with the writer. Note that array types are not compatible with the library used for run-time discovery of ElementWriters. To work-around this issue, create a TypeAlias.

elementType

public abstract Class elementType

DataElement class compatible with the writer

mimeType

public abstract String mimeType

MIME type produced by the writer

Default:

"null"

linkExt

public abstract String linkExt

For file links, the default file extension to use with this writer

Default:

"null"