org.glassfish.pfl.dynamic.generator
Annotation Type Factory

@Documented
@Target(value=TYPE)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Factory

Annotation applied to a method in an abstract class or interface to indicate that the method is an accessor for a property value. The method must take no parameters and return a non-void result type.

Author:

ken

Optional Element Summary

java.lang.String

value Property identifier used to initialize property.

value

public abstract java.lang.String value

Property identifier used to initialize property. Default empty string indicates that the name should be derived from the method name as follows:

• If the method name is getName, the default id is name.
• if the method name is isName, and the return type is boolean or Boolean, the default id is name.
• Otherwise, the method name is the default id.

Returns:

the property id.

Default:

""