org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.component
Annotation Type ReferenceCopy

@Target(value=FIELD)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface ReferenceCopy

Annotation for Component fields to indicate only the property reference should be made (as opposed to a new object) when doing a component copy

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Optional Element Summary

boolean	newCollectionInstance Indicates whether a new collection instance should be made with collection elements copied by reference
boolean	referenceTransient Indicates that a field should be omitted from copying.

newCollectionInstance

public abstract boolean newCollectionInstance

Indicates whether a new collection instance should be made with collection elements copied by reference

Returns:

boolean true if new collection instance should be made, false if the whole collection should be copied by reference

Default:

false

referenceTransient

public abstract boolean referenceTransient

Indicates that a field should be omitted from copying.

Returns:

true if the field should be omitted from copying, false to follow newCollectionInstance() semantics.

Default:

false