[SLING-5739] [Sling Models] Allow for extensible @Via providers

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Sling Models API 1.3.4, Sling Models Impl 1.4.0
• Component/s: Extensions
• Assignee: Justin Edelson
• Reporter: Justin Edelson
• Created: 19/May/16 17:10
• Updated: 18/Sep/17 14:19
• Resolved: 20/Apr/17 15:07

Description

Currently, @Via support in Sling Models is limited to JavaBean properties. It would be useful to be able to extend this and allow for downstream projects to add new @Via providers.

Proposing to support this by extending the @Via annotation

@Via(value = "jcr:content", type = ChildResource.class)

The default type is BeanProperty (the current behavior).

New providers can be added by implementing a ViaProvider SPI and provide a marker class for use in the annotation.

Issue Links

• Blocked: SLING-6778 [Sling Models] Support Delegate Pattern for Models adapted from interfaces