AnnotationProcessor (easy-props 4.0.0 API)

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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	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