ABL Annotation content builder

The ABL Annotation content builder extracts ABL annotations from source files. The content builder searches for the "at" symbol ( @ ) at the beginning of a line. When it finds the symbol, it parses the line as an annotation. The content builder first ensures that the catalog database contains the necessary records to specify the source file (catalog, root path, project, project relative path, and resource). It then records the following data in the catalog database:

Data	Value
Content type	ANNOTATION
Entry type	ANNOTATION
Entry	The annotation name
Attributes	ATTRIBUTES
Attribute	The attribute name
Attribute value	The attribute's value

The content builder assigns IDs to each unique Entry and Attribute. It also stores the location of these elements in the file, either as a line number or as characters from the file's beginning.

For example, the following annotation was created from one of the templates in the Annotation Generator:

@program (name = "inventory.p", module = "warehouse").

When the content builder analyzes this statement, it adds the following information to the database:

Data	Value
Content type	Annotation
Entry type	Annotation
Entry	program
Attributes	Attributes
Attribute	name
Attribute value	inventory.p
Attribute	module
Attribute value	warehouse

In the Meta Catalog Explorer, you would see the following structure:

Adding annotations to source files

Adding Sonic ESB annotations