[teiid-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (TEIID-622) Simplify configuration property metadata

Simplify configuration property metadata ---------------------------------------- Key: TEIID-622 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/TEIID-622 Project: Teiid Issue Type: Task Reporter: Steven Hawkins Assignee: Steven Hawkins In general we have too much property metadata: required from multiplicity 0..1, 1 (no others are currently used). hasDefault expert hidden preferred modifiable which gives us 64 possible state combinations. Proposed simplifications: 1. remove the use of multiplicity and just use a required attribute. 2. remove hidden and instead use modifiable=false. 3. remove preferred and instead use expert=false (the default). !modifiable would imply expert=true and required=false. That leaves us with only 8 states to consider based upon required/expert/hasDefault - but there's only 1 state we even care about the presence of a default value (other than for a display color). That leaves us with: required expert outcome t t 1) Valid only if there is a default value, then it's an Editable property that should only be shown in expert mode t f 2) Editable property that should always be shown f t 3) Editable optional property that should be shown only in expert f f 4) Editable optional property that should always be shown We should make provisions for old metadata to be read, such as still looking for the hidden and multiplicity attributes. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira