net.sf.jsefa.xml.annotation
Annotation Type XmlElementMap

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value=FIELD)
public @interface XmlElementMap

An annotation stating that the annotated java field should be mapped to a xml element with map type during XML serialization and deserialization.

Author:

Norman Lahme-Huetig

Required Element Summary

MapKey	key A MapKey annotation describing the map keys.
MapValue[]	values An array of MapValue annotations describing the map values.

Optional Element Summary

String[]	constraints The constraints to validate.
boolean	implicit True, if there is no embracing element around the map entries; false otherwise.
String	name The name of the element this annotation describes.
int	pos The position of the xml element with the following semantic: If the position of a element A is less than the position of a element B, than element A comes (not necessarily directly) before element B.
boolean	required True, if a value is required; false otherwise.
Class<? extends Validator>	validatorType Specifies the validator type to be used.

Element Detail

key

public abstract MapKey key

A MapKey annotation describing the map keys.

values

public abstract MapValue[] values

An array of MapValue annotations describing the map values.

name

public abstract String name

The name of the element this annotation describes. It has the following format:
[prefix:]localname

Default:

""

pos

public abstract int pos

The position of the xml element with the following semantic:

If the position of a element A is less than the position of a element B, than element A comes (not necessarily directly) before element B.
All elements with the default position value (-1) will come after all elements with explicitly given positions.

Default:

-1

implicit

public abstract boolean implicit

True, if there is no embracing element around the map entries; false otherwise.

Default:

false

required

public abstract boolean required

True, if a value is required; false otherwise.

Default:

false

validatorType

public abstract Class<? extends Validator> validatorType

Specifies the validator type to be used. In the default case the validator type is determined using the type of the java field with this annotation.

Default:

net.sf.jsefa.common.annotation.NoValidatorType.class

constraints

public abstract String[] constraints

The constraints to validate. Each constraint is a String of the form 'name=value' where name is the name of the constraint and value is its value. The allowed set of constraints depend on the validator type.

Default:

{}