Examples

For example:

public void Customer {
    @Title(sequence="1.0")
    public String getLastName() { /* ... */ }     (1)
    ...
    @Title(sequence="1.5", prepend=", ")
    public String getFirstName() { /* ... */ }
    ...
    @Title(sequence="1.7", append=".")
    public String getMidInitial() { /* ... */ }
    ...
}
1 backing field and setters omitted

could be used to create names of the style "Bloggs, Joe K."

It is also possible to annotate reference properties; in this case the title will return the title of the referenced object (rather than, say, its string representation).

An additional convention for @Title properties is that they are hidden in tables (in other words, it implies @Property(where=Where.ALL_TABLES). For viewers that support this annotation (for example, the Wicket viewer), this convention excludes any properties whose value is already present in the title column. This convention can be overridden using @Property(where=Where.NOWHERE).

Lombok support

If Project Lombok is being used, then @Title can be specified on the backing field.

For example:

public void Customer {
    @Title(sequence="1.0")
    @Getter @Setter
    private String name;

    @Title(sequence="1.5", prepend=", ")
    @Getter @Setter
    private String firstName;

    @Title(sequence="1.7", append=".")
    @Getter @Setter
    private String midInitial;
}