Parameter (Repast Simphony 2.10 API)

```
@Target(METHOD)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Parameter
```
Marks a get or set accessor method as a Parameter.

Version:

$Revision$ $Date$

Author:

Nick Collier

Required Element Summary

Required Elements
Modifier and Type	Required Element	Description
`String`	`displayName`	The proper natural language name for this parameter.
`String`	`usageName`	Gets java bean style property name for this parameter.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
`String`	`converter`	Gets the fully qualififed name of class used to convert the return value of the annotated method to and from a String representation.
`String`	`defaultValue`	Gets the default value of this Parameter.

- Element Detail
  - displayName
```
String displayName
```
    The proper natural language name for this parameter. For example, "Simple Agent Count" rather than something like "simpleAgentCount."
    
    Returns:
    
    proper natural language name for this parameter.
- - usageName
```
String usageName
```
    Gets java bean style property name for this parameter. For example, if this annotates a "getFoo" method, then the property name is "foo."
    
    Returns:
    
    java bean style property name for this parameter.
- - defaultValue
```
String defaultValue
```
    Gets the default value of this Parameter.
    
    Returns:
    
    the default value of this Parameter.
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - converter
```
String converter
```
    Gets the fully qualififed name of class used to convert the return value of the annotated method to and from a String representation. The class must implement repast.simphony.parameter.StringConvertor. This is only necessary if the return type is not a String, a primitive value, or one of the Object representatons of a primitive (e.g. an Integer, or Boolean).
    
    Returns:
    
    Gets the convertor used to convert the return value of the annotated method to and from a String representation.
    
    Default:
    
    ""