Annotations(4.0)

Annotations are used to specify the needed attributes on type and field level attributes for the configuration objects. See Configuration Object Example(4.0) for the full example used for illustration below.

Class Level Annotations

@DRStorableId("devkitexamples.DiskCollectionConfig")
@DRConfigTypeInfo(version = 10f, section = "Disk Collection")
public class DiskCollectionConfig extends DRAbstractConfigObject {

Configuration objects handles serialization through the normal  DRStorable data serialization interface (see ), but the actual implementation is handled automatically through reflection. Therefore a DRStorableId must be specified and also a version parameter in the DRConfigTypeInfo annotation. The section parameter is a field level parameter and is described below.

Field Level Annotations

@DRConfigFieldInfo(title = DIRECTORY, description = "The path to the source directory")
public void setDirectory(String directory) { _directory = directory; }
public String getDirectory() { return _directory; }

Configuration fields are defined through normal Java beans semantics. This means that by defining a get and a set method a field is defined. In the example above a field named directory is defined. Configuration fields have a number of additional attributes that can be set through the DRConfigFieldInfo annotation