I think I have it now. For those with the same wonders I had, here's the rundown as I understand it.
"configurationFactory" tells whether this component should get its configuration from a factory (see cmpn 112.7). This is somewhat complimentary to the configuration policy (ignore, optional, required). "factory" sets the metatype factory property. From the spec, "component.factory – The factory identifier". If someone could verify or negate my statements, I'll gladly put in patches to the documentation (site & javadoc). On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Carl Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > @Component.factory takes a String but the description is "Whether the > component is a factory component". Should this field be a boolean or should > the description be updated? > > Could someone tell me more about what @Component.configurationFactory turns > on or influences? The description leads me to believe that a String is > expected but the field is a boolean. Is there some doc on what a > configuration factory is? > > Have the descriptions or field types of these 2 fields been swapped? >
