org.apache.tapestry.annotations
Annotation Type Component

@Target(value=METHOD)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface Component

Annotation used within a page or component class to define a contained component (which will typically match up against a component reference in the template). This annotation is attached to an accessor method.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Howard Lewis Ship

Optional Element Summary

String[]	bindings Bindings for the component.
String	id The component's id.
boolean	inheritInformalParameters If true, then the component inherits informal parameters from its container.
String	type The component type.

id

public abstract String id

The component's id. Defaults to the property name if left unspecified.

Default:

""

type

public abstract String type

The component type. Defaults to the return type class name if left unspecified.

Default:

""

inheritInformalParameters

public abstract boolean inheritInformalParameters

If true, then the component inherits informal parameters from its container.

Default:

false

bindings

public abstract String[] bindings

Bindings for the component. Each binding string is of the format name=binding refernce, where the binding reference is the same kind of string (possibly with a prefix such as "ognl:" or "message:" as would appear in a specification.

Default:

{}