com.chemaxon.apidiscovery.annotations

Annotation Type Description

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value={FIELD,TYPE})
 @Beta
 @PublicAPI
public @interface Description

The annotated element has a description contained in this annotation.

Marks types/enum instances (typically parameter objects) which are meant to expose to the user (through reflection based dynamic API discovery) to choose from in a specific situation

Please note that this annotation is marked with @Beta annotation, so it can be subject of incompatible change or remove in later releases.

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String	description Element description description.
String	name Element name.
String	shortName Short name of the descripted element.

Element Detail

shortName

public abstract String shortName

Short name of the descripted element. Short name is used as a label or argument name. Values are expected to

• Contain only lovercase alphanumeric characters, "_" or "-".
• Be human readable.
• Be short.

Returns:

Short name

name

public abstract String name

Element name.

Returns:

Name

description

public abstract String description

Element description description. Expected to contain a human readable description composed of one or more complete sentence.

Returns:

Human readable description