Package org.apache.myfaces.orchestra.dynaForm.metadata

This package exposes sufficient information about the properties of persistent entities for the DynaForm to create the correct JSF input components for the entity.

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Description

Interface Summary

Extractor	An interface implemented by objects that can inspect an arbitrary object and extract metadata about its properties.
MetaData	A read-only view of metadata about a particular entity.
MetaDataWritable	A writable implementation of the MetaData interface that is initialised by Extractor objects, and then read by other objects that need information about the available properties.
MetaField	Read-only representation of meta-data about a single property of an entity.
MetaFieldWritable	Metadata for a field

Class Summary

Selection

represents a selection (e.g.

Enum Summary

FieldRepresentation	Lists all the possible ways to present a field to the end user.
RelationType

Package org.apache.myfaces.orchestra.dynaForm.metadata Description

This package exposes sufficient information about the properties of persistent entities for the DynaForm to create the correct JSF input components for the entity.

An interface defines what information DynaForm needs. Concrete implementations of that interface then map that to the metadata held by whatever underlying persistence library is being used by the application.

It is even possible to use DynaForm with non-persistent classes, simply by mapping the interface to the standard JavaBeans introspector.