@Target(PARAMETER)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface Self

A marker annotation for annotating the "self"-instance which can be injected into a constructor to access state in a safe way. Usually, one accesses the state of an entity view in an unsafe way in a constructor through getters like:


 @EntityView(Cat.class)
 public abstract class CatView {
     public CatView() {
         System.out.println(getName());
     }
     public abstract String getName();
 }

With @Self it is possible to inject the self instance and get the state from it which is safe.


 @EntityView(Cat.class)
 public abstract class CatView {
     public CatView(@Self CatView self) {
         System.out.println(self.getName());
     }
     public abstract String getName();
 }

Since:: 1.5.0
Author:: Christian Beikov

Annotation Type Self