org.jeasy.props.api

Interface AnnotationProcessor<T extends Annotation>

Type Parameters:

T - The annotation type.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAnnotationProcessor, DBPropertyAnnotationProcessor, EnvironmentVariableAnnotationProcessor, I18NPropertyAnnotationProcessor, JNDIPropertyAnnotationProcessor, ManifestPropertyAnnotationProcessor, MavenPropertyAnnotationProcessor, PropertiesAnnotationProcessor, PropertyAnnotationProcessor, SystemPropertyAnnotationProcessor

public interface AnnotationProcessor<T extends Annotation>

Annotation processor interface. Implementations should provide the logic to get the value to inject in the target field annotated with T. Easy Props will convert the value to the target field's type and set it in the field.

Author:

Mahmoud Ben Hassine (mahmoud.benhassine@icloud.com)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	processAnnotation(T annotation, Field field) Process an annotation of type T.

Method Detail

processAnnotation

Object processAnnotation(T annotation,
                         Field field)
                  throws AnnotationProcessingException

Process an annotation of type T.

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation to process.

field - the target field

Returns:

Return the object to set in the annotated field or null if the value should be ignored

Throws:

AnnotationProcessingException - thrown if an exception occurs during annotation processing