Common annotations

Here is a non-exhaustive list of the most common Java annotations used for a PAMELA model definition.

• @ModelEntity: tag annotating interface as ModelEntity. May declares an abstract entity.
• @ImplementationClass: tag annotating ModelEntity interface and precising an abstract Java class to be used as base implementation.
• @Implementation: tag annotating a partial implementation (abstract inner class defined in implemented interface), and used in the context of multiple inheritance.
• @Getter(String): tag annotating method as unique getter for implicit ModelProperty whose identifier is the declared String value. May also declares cardinality, eventual inverse property, default value and some other features.
• @Setter(String): tag annotating method as unique setter for implicit ModelProperty whose identifier is the declared String value.
• @Adder(String): tag annotating method as unique adder for implicit multiple cardinality ModelProperty whose identifier is the declared String value.
• @Remover(String): tag annotating method as unique remover for implicit multiple cardinality ModelProperty whose identifier is the declared String value.
• @Reindexer(String): tag annotating method as unique reindexer for implicit multiple cardinality ModelProperty whose identifier is the declared String value.
• @Initializer: tag annotating a method used as a constructor for related ModelEntity.
• @Deleter: tag annotating a method used as explicit destructor for related ModelEntity.
• @Finder(String,String): tag annotating method as a fetching request for a given ModelProperty with a given attribute.
• @CloningStrategy: allows to customize cloning strategy for a given ModelProperty.
• @Embedded: allows to declare a given ModelProperty as embedded according to PAMELA semantics.
• @Imports and @Imports: allows to declare entities to be included in the inferred metamodel by ModelContext computation.
• @XMLElement and @XMLAttribute: used to specify XML serialization for PAMELA instances.