From dea1ca98555a006c83452a2416662387f288c360 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephane Nicoll Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:38:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update description of property type --- .../main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc index 39c3c3ea818..74ce50e604b 100644 --- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc +++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc @@ -121,9 +121,12 @@ The JSON object contained in the `properties` array can contain the following at | The class name of the data type of the property. For example, `java.lang.String`. This attribute can be used to guide the user as to the types of values that they can enter. For consistency, the type of a primitive is specified using its wrapper counterpart, - i.e. `boolean` becomes `java.lang.Boolean`. Note that this class may be a complex type - that gets converted from a String as values are bound. May be omitted if the type is - not known. + i.e. `boolean` becomes `java.lang.Boolean`. Collection types are harmonized to their + interface counterpart and define the actual generic types, i.e. + `java.util.HashMap` becomes + `java.util.Map`. Note that this class may be a + complex type that gets converted from a String as values are bound. May be omitted if + the type is not known. |`description` | String