ej.fp

Annotation Type Widget.WidgetAttribute

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public static @interface Widget.WidgetAttribute

This interface describes only one attribute of the widget description.

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
java.lang.String	name Sets the name of the attribute.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
boolean	isOptional Defines the attribute as optional.

Element Detail

name

public abstract java.lang.String name

Sets the name of the attribute. This name is used in front panel file (*.fp) and in widget hierarchy as method name: setXxx() where Xxx is this attribute name value.

Returns:

the attribute name.

isOptional

public abstract boolean isOptional

Defines the attribute as optional. By default an attribute is mandatory and the parser throws an error when a mandatory attribute is missing. When optional, the widget instance has to choose a default value.

Returns:

true when the attribute is optional.

Default:

false