| This interface represents an object that can have it's metadata described
by an XML file. The Describable interface returns the URL that contains the
xml file that is the metadata for the component. This could event potentially be
located in a central server for metadata distribution.
Note that the default component implementations (NonContainercomponentBase
and ContainerComponentBase) implement Describable in
such a way that it looks for an xml file by the name of: [className].xml
in the same package as the Component class itself is located
Minimal Metadata
The minimal xml file to be associated with the Expresso component is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE component-metadata PUBLIC "-//Jcorporate Ltd//
DTD Expresso Component Metadata Configuration 5.1//EN" "http://www.jcorporate.com/dtds/expresso-metadata_5_1.dtd">
<component-metadata name="ExpressoServiceWriter">
<description>Sample Component Description</description>
<version-info>
<major-version>1</major-version>
<minor-version>0</minor-version>
<micro-version>0</micro-version>
</version-info>
</component-metadata>
author:
Michael Rimov |