com.tibco.tea.agent.annotations

Annotation Type TeaOperation

@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Target(value=METHOD)
public @interface TeaOperation

The annotation for tea operation. The operation could have arguments of primitive types, string, DataSource or java bean (only one argument can be java bean) and return java bean, string or primitive type.

If the operation _is not_ on TOP_LEVEL type, it has to have one argument of type String with KeyParam annotation, all other arguments have to have TeaParam annotations.

Other annotations expected on the method with TeaOperation:
• TeaRequires - define required permissions to run the operation. Note: if the operation does not have TeaReaquires annotation, it is considered 'read-only' and only "Read" permission is required.
• Customize - define UI customization options

Example:

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String	description Description of the method.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	developerNotes Developer notes
boolean	internal Indicates that the operation is internal, if set - the operation will not appear in generic UI.
MethodType	methodType Define semantics of the operation, see MethodType.
String	name Name of the operation, optional, use method name as default.
String	objectType Name of the type of the operation, optional, it use type defined on the class level as default.

Element Detail

description

public abstract String description

Description of the method.

developerNotes

public abstract String developerNotes

Developer notes

Returns:

Default:

""

name

public abstract String name

Name of the operation, optional, use method name as default.

Default:

""

objectType

public abstract String objectType

Name of the type of the operation, optional, it use type defined on the class level as default. When the class has multiple types, the type attribute is mandatory.

Default:

""

internal

public abstract boolean internal

Indicates that the operation is internal, if set - the operation will not appear in generic UI.

Default:

false

methodType

public abstract MethodType methodType

Define semantics of the operation, see MethodType.

Default:

com.tibco.tea.agent.api.MethodType.UPDATE