org.icefaces.ace.meta.annotation
Annotation Type Component

@Target(value=TYPE)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Component

The component annotation takes information, which is used by the tld, faces-config, faces-taglib as well as the component itself. It has some mandatory fields and some that are optional. Which allows to specify following information:

• the name and location of the class to be generated
• component type
• renderer type
• renderer class
• tag name
• Javadoc
• TLD doc

Required Element Summary

java.lang.String	componentClass fully qualified name for the component class.
java.lang.String	componentType type of the component.
java.lang.String	extendsClass Class that is to be extended by the generated component.
java.lang.String	tagName Name of tag.

Optional Element Summary

java.lang.String	baseTagClass defines a base tag class that can be extended by the generated tag class.
java.lang.String	componentFamily name of the component family.
java.lang.String	generatedClass By default, generated classes are leaf classes, so you can't override any behaviour.
java.lang.String	handlerClass Facelets handler class.
java.lang.String[]	includeProperties Name of the properties, that needs to be included from the parent class.
java.lang.String	javadoc javadoc for the component class.
java.lang.String	rendererClass fully qualified name of the class of the Renderer, use by the target component.
java.lang.String	rendererType renderer type
java.lang.String	tagClass JSP tag class.
java.lang.String	tlddoc tld doc for the component class.

Element Detail

tagName

public abstract java.lang.String tagName

Name of tag. It's a mandatory field.

Returns:

defined tag name.

extendsClass

public abstract java.lang.String extendsClass

Class that is to be extended by the generated component. It's a mandatory field.

Returns:

fully qualified name of the class has to be extended.

componentClass

public abstract java.lang.String componentClass

fully qualified name for the component class. It's a mandatory field.

Returns:

fully qualified name of the component class.

componentType

public abstract java.lang.String componentType

type of the component.

Returns:

component type.

rendererClass

public abstract java.lang.String rendererClass

fully qualified name of the class of the Renderer, use by the target component. (This class has to be created by developer) If not specified, will default to the componentClass+"Renderer"

Returns:

fully qualified name of the Renderer class.

Default:

""

generatedClass

public abstract java.lang.String generatedClass

By default, generated classes are leaf classes, so you can't override any behaviour. If you want to hand code the component class, and have it extend the generated one then you can use this attribute in conjunction with componentClass attribute. So, if generatedClass is specified: (manual) componentClass extends generatedClass extends extendsClass. Otherwise: (generated) componentClass extends extendsClass.

Returns:

fully qualified name of the generated class.

Default:

""

rendererType

public abstract java.lang.String rendererType

renderer type

Returns:

type of the renderer

Default:

""

componentFamily

public abstract java.lang.String componentFamily

name of the component family.

Returns:

component family.

Default:

""

tagClass

public abstract java.lang.String tagClass

JSP tag class. Default is to automatically generate it, naming it componentClass+"Tag". Alternatively, this can be set if developer wants to use its own tag class, instead of generating one.

Returns:

JSP tag class, when not generating one.

Default:

""

baseTagClass

public abstract java.lang.String baseTagClass

defines a base tag class that can be extended by the generated tag class. default is "javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentELTag".

Returns:

fully qualified name of base tag class.

Default:

"javax.faces.webapp.UIComponentELTag"

handlerClass

public abstract java.lang.String handlerClass

Facelets handler class. Default is to automatically determine if one is needed, and if so generate it, naming it componentClass+"Handler". Alternatively, this can be set if developer wants to use its own handler class, instead of generating one.

Returns:

facelets handler class, when not generating one.

Default:

""

javadoc

public abstract java.lang.String javadoc

javadoc for the component class. Goes into the generated component class. If not specified, defaults to being the same as tlddoc.

Returns:

javadoc for the generated component class.

Default:

""

tlddoc

public abstract java.lang.String tlddoc

tld doc for the component class. Goes into the Tld documentation.

Returns:

component documentation for tld.

Default:

""

includeProperties

public abstract java.lang.String[] includeProperties

Name of the properties, that needs to be included from the parent class.

Returns:

property names.

Default:

{}