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 Plexus Component Descriptor Creator
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 Trygve Laugstøl
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 25th May 2005
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Plexus Component Descriptor Creator

 <<NOTE: This document and the CDC itself is currently a work in progres.>>

 The Component Descriptor Creator (or CDC for short) is a tool that will create
 the <<<components.xml>>> file from your Java code. It uses a set of JavaDoc
 tags to gather the information it needs to create the component descriptor.

* Component Tags

*-------------------------------*--------------*---------------------------------------------*
| <<Tag>>                       | <<Required>> | <<Description>>                             |
*-------------------------------*---*--------------------------------------------------------*
| @plexus.component             | y | Marker tag to mark a class as a Plexus component.      |
*-------------------------------*---*--------------------------------------------------------*
| @plexus.role                  | y | The role of the component.                             |
*-------------------------------*---*--------------------------------------------------------*
| @plexus.version               | n | The component version.                                 |
*-------------------------------*---*--------------------------------------------------------*
| @plexus.lifecycle-handler     | n | The lifecycle handler of the component.                |
*-------------------------------*---*--------------------------------------------------------*
| @plexus.instatiation-strategy | n | The instantiation strategy of the component.           |
*-------------------------------*---*--------------------------------------------------------*

+---+
/**
 * @plexus.component
 * @plexus.lifecycle-handler plexus-configurable
 */
public class DefaultActionManager
    extends AbstractLogEnabled
    implements ActionManager, Serviceable
{
+---+
~~ [example-class-tags] Example Class Tags

* Requirement Tags

 These tags are used on fields to state requirements. 

*-------------------------------*----------------*-------------------------------------------*
| <<Tag>>                       | <<Required>> | <<Description>>                             |
*-------------------------------*-----*------------------------------------------------------*
| @plexus.requirement           | y   | Marker tag to mark this field as requirement         |
*-------------------------------*-----*------------------------------------------------------*
| @plexus.role                  | y/n | Only required if the field is a List or Map          |
*-------------------------------*-----*------------------------------------------------------*
| @plexus.role-hint             | n   | |
*-------------------------------*-----*------------------------------------------------------*

+---+
/**
 * @plexus.requirement
 */
private ActionManager actionManager; 
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~~ [example-requirement-tags] Example Requirement Tags

* Configuration Tags

 Note that the default value tag won't be required in the future when these
 tags will be used to generate a separate configuration declaration section.

*-------------------------------*--------------*---------------------------------------------*
| <<Tag>>                       | <<Required>> | <<Description>>                             |
*-------------------------------*---*--------------------------------------------------------*
| @plexus.configuration         | y | Marker tag to mark this field as configureable         |
*-------------------------------*---*--------------------------------------------------------*
| @plexus.default-value         | y | Sets the default value for the configuration field     |
*-------------------------------*---*--------------------------------------------------------*

+---+
/**
 * @plexus.requirement
 * @plexus.role-hint velocity
 */
private Renderer renderer; 
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~~ [example-requirement-tags] Example Requirement Tags