ElementDefinition (Infinispan JavaDoc All 10.0.0.Beta2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultElementDefinition
```
public interface ElementDefinition<C extends ConfigurationInfo>
```
Defines a container for a set of configuration Attribute. It is usually represented as a top level element when serialized as XML or a top level object for JSON and is associated with a Configuration instance. An ElementDefinition can contain zero or more sub-elements representing nested configurations.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static class`	`ElementDefinition.ElementOutput`	An ElementOutput specifies the name and optionally the class that an element must be serialized.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default boolean`	`isSynthetic(java.lang.String attributeName)`
`boolean`	`isTopLevel()`
`boolean`	`supports(java.lang.String elementName)`
`ElementDefinition.ElementOutput`	`toExternalName(C configuration)`

- Method Detail
  - isTopLevel
```
boolean isTopLevel()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if the ElementDefinition is top-level or false if its attributes and children should be merged with the parent element when serializing.
  - toExternalName
```
ElementDefinition.ElementOutput toExternalName(C configuration)
```
    Returns:
    
    the ElementDefinition.ElementOutput for serialization purposes of the configuration element.
  - isSynthetic
```
default boolean isSynthetic(java.lang.String attributeName)
```
    Returns:
    
    true if the attributeName inside the element is not mapped to any Attribute, but as a helper to identify the element when reading it back.
  - supports
```
boolean supports(java.lang.String elementName)
```
    Returns:
    
    true if a serialized elementName matches this ElementDefinition.