net.sf.metagloss.xml
Annotation Type XMLBind

@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD})
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Inherited
public @interface XMLBind

Annotation to mark setters for data injection from an XML document. Only applicable to public, single argument, methods.

See Also:

DOMFeeder.inject(Object), CursorBind

Optional Element Summary

java.lang.String	attribute If specified, will extract attribute's value from the element.
boolean	decimal Flag for specifying that the current integer value is retrieved as a decimal number.
java.lang.String	element The name of the XML tag.
boolean	mandatory If set to true, will throw an error if element or attribute doesn't exist.

element

public abstract java.lang.String element

The name of the XML tag. If not specified, will work work on the currently active element.

Returns:

The name of the column.

Default:

""

decimal

public abstract boolean decimal

Flag for specifying that the current integer value is retrieved as a decimal number. The decimal value is parsed as a double, before cast into the requested integer type primitive.

This flag has no effect on setters that don't take an int or long as argument.

Returns:

If true, casts to integer value.

Default:

false

attribute

public abstract java.lang.String attribute

If specified, will extract attribute's value from the element.

Returns:

Attribute key.

Default:

""

mandatory

public abstract boolean mandatory

If set to true, will throw an error if element or attribute doesn't exist. When set to false and DOMFeeder.setStrictChecking(boolean) is enabled, no exception will be thrown if element doesn't exist, nor will any XMLBindException data be printed to the logcat.

Returns:

True, if element is required.

Default:

true