RAMADDA recognizes any file that ends with types.xml as an entry type definition file. Here is an exampletypes.xml file and there are numerous examples in the source code @ github, e.g. https://github.com/geodesystems/ramadda/tree/master/src/org/ramadda/geodata/point/resources

You can use the above xml file as a plugin. But, if you wanted to include html resources you would have a zipped directory like:

someplugin
      exampletypes.xml
      htdocs
          myplugin
               example.png

Note: the names above do not matter except the types.xml To make use of the types simply add the types.xml (or the zip file) into your RAMADDA Home/plugins directory and restart RAMADDA. Each entry can have any number of column attributes. Each column (see in the example above) has a name, label, type, etc:

• string - Use size="..." to specify the column size
• enumeration - See below to specify values
• enumerationplus - Just like enumeration but allows use to enter new text values
• list - A big string internally but shows a list of newline separated text values to the user
• password - A string but is shown in a password field
• clob - A big character large object
• int - Integer
• double - floating point number
• percentage - floating point number shows as percentage
• boolean
• date - Just a date
• datetime - A date and a time
• email - Shows as an email address
• url - Shows as a URL
• latlonbbox - spatial bounds
• latlon - A single point

For enumeration or enumerationplus types you can specify a set of enumeration values.

  <column name="fruit" label="Fruit" type="enumeration" values="apple,banana,orange" cansearch="true" />

An entry type can have a wiki tag that defines the wiki text template for the entry. The example file above has an example of this wiki text, e.g.:

<wiki>
<![CDATA[
+section title={{name}}
:navtop
{{description wikify=true}}
:heading Charts
{{group}}
{{display type=linechart showMenu=true fields=discharge}}
{{display type=linechart showMenu=true fields=gauge_height}}
:vspace 0.5em
:heading Table
{{display_download}}
{{display_table}}
:vspace 1em
----
:heading Information
+row
+col-md-6
{{information  details="true"  showTitle="false"  }} 
-col
+col-6
{{map}}
-col
-row
-section
]]>
</wiki>