PofExtractor (Coherence Spring Docs 3.2.0 API)

```
@Inherited
@ExtractorBinding
@Documented
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Repeatable(Extractors.class)
public @interface PofExtractor
```
A ExtractorBinding annotation representing a PofExtractor.
This annotation can be used to define an extractor that extracts and attribute from a POF stream based on an array of integer property indices, in which case the type is optional, or a property path based on serialized field names concatenated using period (ie. address.city, in which case type() attribute must be set as well.
The latter approach can only be used if the specified type is annotated with a @PortableType annotation and has been instrumented using PortableTypeGenerator (typically via pof-maven-plugin).
Either index() or path() must be specified within this annotation in order for it to be valid.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Gunnar Hillert

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements
Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
`int[]`	`index`	Returns an array of POF indexes to use to extract the value.
`String`	`path`	Returns a property path to use to extract the value.
`Class<?>`	`type`	Returns the root type to extract property from.

- Element Detail
  - index
```
int[] index
```
    Returns an array of POF indexes to use to extract the value.
    
    Returns:
    
    an array of POF indexes to use to extract the value
    
    Default:
    
    {}
- - path
```
String path
```
    Returns a property path to use to extract the value.
    This attribute can only be used in combination with the type() attribute, and only if the specified type is annotated with a @PortableType annotation and instrumented using PortableTypeGenerator.
    
    Returns:
    
    a property path to use to extract the value
    
    Default:
    
    ""
- - type
```
Class<?> type
```
    Returns the root type to extract property from.
    
    Returns:
    
    the root type to extract property from
    
    Default:
    
    java.lang.Object.class