Info Descriptor

Nested Elements

Element Occurance Description
name 1 The name of the component type.
version 0..1 The component type implementation version.
lifestyle 0..1 Declaration of the component lifestyle. May contain one of the reconized values "singleton", "thread", "pooled", or "transient".
attributes 0..1 Declaration of a set of attributes associated with the component type.
collection 0..1 Declaration of a garbage collection policy default override. If the value is "weak" the component will be decommissioned automatically if all references to the component have been released. If the value "soft" the component will be decommissioned in the event of memory contention. If the value is "hard" the component will be maintained for the life of its container.

Description

The org.apache.avalon.meta.info.infoDescriptor class describes the component type name, version, and optionally a set of attributes.

Example XML

  <info>
    <name>test</info>
    <version>1.0</version>
    <lifestyle>singleton</lifestyle>
    <collection>soft</collection>
    <attributes>
      <attribute key="about" value="An example attribute."/>
      <attribute key="status" value="FINAL"/>
    </attributes>
  </info>