@Documentation

Overview

Module

• package: org.eclipse.dirigible.sdk.platform
• source: platform/Documentation.java

@Documentation is a cross-cutting annotation that attaches a human-readable description to a type, field, or method. It is one of the few annotations in the SDK that doesn't change runtime behaviour — its sole purpose is to feed downstream documentation tooling.

The platform's OpenAPI generator picks @Documentation up on @Controller classes and their methods:

• Class-level @Documentation becomes the API description in the generated OpenAPI document.
• Method-level @Documentation becomes the operation summary for that endpoint.

It is also recognised on @Entity fields for future schema documentation (DDL comments, generated JSON-Schema descriptions, etc.). Because the annotation is @Retention(RUNTIME), frameworks built on top of Dirigible can reflect on it at any point in the lifecycle.

Targets

• ElementType.TYPE — classes, interfaces, annotations, enums
• ElementType.FIELD — instance and static fields
• ElementType.METHOD — methods

Example Usage

import org.eclipse.dirigible.sdk.platform.Documentation;
import org.eclipse.dirigible.sdk.http.Controller;
import org.eclipse.dirigible.sdk.http.Get;

@Controller
@Documentation("Customer master-data operations")
public class CustomerController {

    @Get("/customers/{id}")
    @Documentation("Fetch a single customer by id")
    public Customer findById(String id) {
        // ...
    }
}

The generated OpenAPI for the snippet above carries "Customer master-data operations" as the controller-level description and "Fetch a single customer by id" as the summary of the GET /customers/{id} operation.

Attributes

value()

The human-readable description string to attach to the annotated element.

String value();

Returns

• Type: String
• Description: The description text. Required — @Documentation has no default for value.

Annotation Metadata

Aspect	Value
Retention	RUNTIME
Targets	TYPE, FIELD, METHOD
Inherited	No
Repeatable	No