org.glassfish.apf
Class AnnotationInfo

java.lang.Object
  org.glassfish.apf.AnnotationInfo

public class AnnotationInfo
extends java.lang.Object

Instances encapsulate all information necessary for an AnnotationHandler to process an annotation. In particular, instances of this class provide access to :

the Annotation instance

the ProcessingContext of the tool

the AnnotatedElement which is a reference to the annotation element (Type, Method...).

Author:

Jerome Dochez

See Also:

java.lang.annotation.Annotation, java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement

Constructor Summary

AnnotationInfo(ProcessingContext context, java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement element, java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation, java.lang.annotation.ElementType type)
Creates a new instance of AnnotationInfo with all the information necessary to process an annotation.

Method Summary

java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement	getAnnotatedElement()
java.lang.annotation.Annotation	getAnnotation()
java.lang.annotation.ElementType	getElementType()
ProcessingContext	getProcessingContext()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AnnotationInfo

public AnnotationInfo(ProcessingContext context,
                      java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement element,
                      java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation,
                      java.lang.annotation.ElementType type)

Creates a new instance of AnnotationInfo with all the information necessary to process an annotation.

Parameters:

context - the annotation processor processing context

element - the annotated element

annotation - the annotation

Method Detail

getAnnotatedElement

public java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement getAnnotatedElement()

Returns:

the annotated element instance

getAnnotation

public java.lang.annotation.Annotation getAnnotation()

Returns:

the annotation instance

getProcessingContext

public ProcessingContext getProcessingContext()

Returns:

the processing context

getElementType

public java.lang.annotation.ElementType getElementType()

Returns:

the annotated element ElementType