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An annotation library to help generate views, dialogs, and grids.

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package io.overcoded.grid.annotation;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * With DisplayValue we can define how we want to display
 * the annotated type on ui elements, e.g. in a dropdown.
 */
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface DisplayValue {
    /**
     * Describes how to display a complex data type in a column or in a label.
     * 
     * As our grid project designed to use with Spring Boot, Hibernate and Vaadin,
     * DisplayValue designed to use with SPeL.
     * If an element starts with ', that means that should be handled as string
     * otherwise refers to a variable, which should handled by SPeL.
     *
     * @return display value array
     */
    String[] value();
}