gate.creole.metadata

Annotation Type RunTime

@Documented
 @Target(value={METHOD,FIELD})
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface RunTime

Marker annotation used in conjunction with CreoleParameter to mark parameters that are runtime parameters as opposed to init-time ones. This annotation is named RunTime (camel-case) so as not to conflict with the Runtime class in java.lang.

 @Optional
 @RunTime
 @CreoleParameter
 public void setAnnotationTypes(List<String> types) { ... }
 

While usually used to mark parameters as runtime parameters, this annotation also supports an optional boolean flag, so it can be used as @RunTime(false) to mark init-time parameters. This is not generally necessary, as parameters are init-time by default, however if a given parameter has been annotated as @RunTime in a superclass this will be inherited. If you want to change the parameter to be init-time in a subclass then you must use @RunTime(false).

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
boolean	value Defaults to true but can be set to false to explicitly mark a parameter as init-time rather than runtime.

Element Detail

value

public abstract boolean value

Defaults to true but can be set to false to explicitly mark a parameter as init-time rather than runtime.

Default:

true