io.github.classgraph

Class AnnotationClassRef

java.lang.Object

io.github.classgraph.AnnotationClassRef

public class AnnotationClassRef
extends Object

Stores the type descriptor of a Class<?>, as found in an annotation parameter value.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
ClassInfo	getClassInfo() Get the class info.
String	getName() Get the name of the referenced class.
int	hashCode()
Class<?>	loadClass() Loads the referenced class, returning a Class<?> reference for the referenced class.
Class<?>	loadClass(boolean ignoreExceptions) Loads the referenced class, returning a Class<?> reference for the referenced class.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Get the name of the referenced class.

Returns:

The name of the referenced class.

loadClass

public Class<?> loadClass(boolean ignoreExceptions)

Loads the referenced class, returning a Class<?> reference for the referenced class.

Parameters:

ignoreExceptions - if true, ignore exceptions and instead return null if the class could not be loaded.

Returns:

The Class<?> reference for the referenced class.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the class could not be loaded and ignoreExceptions was false.

loadClass

public Class<?> loadClass()

Loads the referenced class, returning a Class<?> reference for the referenced class.

Returns:

The Class<?> reference for the referenced class.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the class could not be loaded.

getClassInfo

public ClassInfo getClassInfo()

Get the class info.

Returns:

The ClassInfo object for the referenced class, or null if the referenced class was not encountered during scanning (i.e. if no ClassInfo object was created for the class during scanning). N.B. even if this method returns null, loadClass() may be able to load the referenced class by name.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object