Attribute.java

package org.tldgen.annotations;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * A tag attribute according to the <a href="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-jsptaglibrary_2_0.xsd">JSP schema</a>.
 * @author jralonso
 *
 */
@Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.METHOD})
@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
public @interface Attribute {
	
	/** The name of the attribute. If empty, the java attribute name will be used. */
	String name() default "";

	/** Whether the attribute is required or optional, default false*/
	boolean required() default false;         

	/** 
	 * Whether any EL expression should be evaluated, default true.  
	 * Notice that this default is different from the schema, since this is much more common in practice. 
	 */
	boolean rtexprvalue() default true;

}