Property metadata annotations

[kasper]

Unfortunately the type of a @Configured property is not always enough to say exactly how the expected behaviour of the property is. We need to be able to attach more metadata about each individual property. Examples could be:

• For numbers: Min, Max number
• For strings: Single line or multi line
• For files: Is it an existing file (to be opened) or a new file (to be written)
• for arrays: Is there a min- and max-size

[kasper]

Another one:

• For all properties: Order of property when presented to user (ie. A is no. 1, B is no. 2)

[paritoshranjan]

Patch for StringProperty? annotation

[kasper]

Thank you, the patch is approoved and you've been granted commit access.

[kasper]

Oops didn't mean to set the whole ticket as complete :)

[kasper]

Marking this as closed for now, since attention to this concept has been there for a long time and will continue to be whenever a new metadata need occurs. As such the issue is more a general concern of AnalyzerBeans than a specific task to implement now.

[kasper]

Releasing with AnalyzerBeans 0.10.