com.opensymphony.xwork2.util
Class AnnotationUtils

java.lang.Object
  com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.AnnotationUtils

public class AnnotationUtils
extends Object

AnnotationUtils Various utility methods dealing with annotations

Version:

$Id: AnnotationUtils.java 1209 2006-11-17 07:53:04Z mrdon $

Author:

Rainer Hermanns, Zsolt Szasz, zsolt at lorecraft dot com

Field Summary

private static Pattern	GETTER_PATTERN
private static Pattern	SETTER_PATTERN

Constructor Summary

AnnotationUtils()

Method Summary

static void	addAllFields(Class annotationClass, Class clazz, List<Field> allFields) Adds all fields with the specified Annotation of class clazz and its superclasses to allFields
static void	addAllInterfaces(Class clazz, List allInterfaces)
static void	addAllMethods(Class annotationClass, Class clazz, List<Method> allMethods) Adds all methods with the specified Annotation of class clazz and its superclasses to allFields
static String[]	find(Class clazz, String pckgname) Retrieves all classes within a packages.
static List<Method>	findAnnotatedMethods(Class clazz, Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)
static void	findRecursively(Class clazz, Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass, List<Method> methods)
static String	resolvePropertyName(Method method) Returns the property name for a method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

SETTER_PATTERN

private static final Pattern SETTER_PATTERN

GETTER_PATTERN

private static final Pattern GETTER_PATTERN

Constructor Detail

AnnotationUtils

public AnnotationUtils()

Method Detail

addAllFields

public static void addAllFields(Class annotationClass,
                                Class clazz,
                                List<Field> allFields)

Adds all fields with the specified Annotation of class clazz and its superclasses to allFields

Parameters:

annotationClass -

clazz -

allFields -

addAllMethods

public static void addAllMethods(Class annotationClass,
                                 Class clazz,
                                 List<Method> allMethods)

Adds all methods with the specified Annotation of class clazz and its superclasses to allFields

Parameters:

annotationClass -

clazz -

allMethods -

addAllInterfaces

public static void addAllInterfaces(Class clazz,
                                    List allInterfaces)

Parameters:

clazz -

allInterfaces -

findAnnotatedMethods

public static List<Method> findAnnotatedMethods(Class clazz,
                                                Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass)

findRecursively

public static void findRecursively(Class clazz,
                                   Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass,
                                   List<Method> methods)

resolvePropertyName

public static String resolvePropertyName(Method method)

Returns the property name for a method. This method is independant from property fields.

Parameters:

method - The method to get the property name for.

Returns:

the property name for given method; null if non could be resolved.

find

public static String[] find(Class clazz,
                            String pckgname)

Retrieves all classes within a packages. TODO: this currently does not work with jars.

Parameters:

pckgname -

Returns:

Array of full qualified class names from this package.