The language-addon
The language-addon contains a description of the relation between the component and widget referred to as the component definition. The path of the file must be /metainfo/zk/lang-addon.xml and be located in the Java class path.
<language-addon>
<addon-name>simplelabel</addon-name>
<language-name>xul/html</language-name>
<component>
<component-name>simplelabel</component-name>
<component-class>com.foo.SimpleLabel</component-class>
<widget-class>com.foo.SimpleLabel</widget-class>
<mold>
<mold-name>default</mold-name>
<mold-uri>mold/simple-label.js</mold-uri>
<css-uri>css/simple-label.css.dsp</css-uri>
</mold>
</component>
</language-addon>
The table below describes the elements used within the above XML and their descriptions.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| addon-name | A unique name for this addon |
| annotation | Annotation setting for Data Binding |
| language-name | The language name that this addon belongs to (for instance, xul/html or zhtml) |
| component-name | A unique name of the component in the language of this addon |
| component-class | The name of the component class (Java class) |
| widget-class | The name of the widget class (JavaScript class) |
| mold | A mold definition (optional) |
| mold-name | The name of the mold. The default mold is named default. |
| mold-uri | The URI of the mold |
| css-uri | The URI of the CSS file for the mold |
A component may have multiple molds which may or may not have different
widget classes. To handle this you may specify the **
After creating the component descriptor language-addon we need to create the widget package descriptor.
For more information, please refer to ZK Client-side Reference: Language Definition.