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Field stereotypes

Mateu infers the UI from your model.

By default, it chooses how a field should be rendered from its Java type.

For example:

This means you usually do not need to choose UI components manually.

Stereotypes (rendering type)

Use @Stereotype when you want to override the inferred rendering.

In practice, a stereotype acts as the rendering type for a field.

enum Status {
  Draft, Published, Archived
}

@Stereotype(FieldStereotype.radio)
Status status;

Without @Stereotype, Mateu may render the enum as a combobox.

With @Stereotype(FieldStereotype.radio), it becomes a radio button group.

Mateu is not primarily asking you to pick a low-level component.

It is asking you to express presentation intent.

That is why the concept is called a stereotype:

Mateu is:

inference-first, override-when-needed

You define the data.
Mateu chooses the UI.
You override only when necessary.