org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.javamodel

Class AnnotationProxy

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.javamodel.AnnotationProxy

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler

public class AnnotationProxy
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler

Purpose:The purpose of this class is to act as a dynamic proxy that allows JDK Annotation method calls to be made on a non Annotation object.

Responsibilities:

• Create and return a dynamic proxy instance based on an Annotation class and a Map of components (method name to value pairs)
• Allow JDK Annotation method calls to be invoked on the proxy object

This class provides a means to invoke JDK Annotation method calls on a non Annotation instance.

See Also:

Proxy

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	getComponents() Return the Map of method name/value pairs for this proxy instance.
static <A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> A	getProxy(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> components, java.lang.Class<A> annoClass, java.lang.ClassLoader cl, org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.ConversionManager conversionMgr) This is the preferred way to obtain an instance of a dynamic proxy.
java.lang.Object	invoke(java.lang.Object proxy, java.lang.reflect.Method method, java.lang.Object[] args) Invoke a given Method on this proxy.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getProxy

public static <A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> A getProxy(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> components,
                                                                     java.lang.Class<A> annoClass,
                                                                     java.lang.ClassLoader cl,
                                                                     org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.ConversionManager conversionMgr)

This is the preferred way to obtain an instance of a dynamic proxy. The method takes a ClassLoader (which is used to load the target Annotation), a Class (which indicates the target Annotation, i.e. javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement.class), and a Map of method name to value pairs, which represent the method names on the Annotation and the values that are to be returned from each method call. For example, if this proxy is to be used for an @XmlElement, the Map should contain the following keys:

• defaultValue
• name
• namespace
• nillable
• required
• type

Following are example key/value pairs :

• "defaultValue", "##default"
• "name", "employee"
• "namespace", "www.example.org"
• "nillable", false
• "required", false
• "type", javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement.DEFAULT.class

Parameters:

components - Map of method name/value pairs for this proxy instance

annoClass - The interface for the proxy class to implement

cl - The ClassLoader to define the proxy class

conversionMgr - ConversionManager instance for converting to the correct return type in the invoke method

Returns:

A dynamic proxy instance based on a Java model JavaAnnotation

getComponents

public java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getComponents()

Return the Map of method name/value pairs for this proxy instance.

Returns:

Map of method name/value pairs for this proxy instance

invoke

public java.lang.Object invoke(java.lang.Object proxy,
                               java.lang.reflect.Method method,
                               java.lang.Object[] args)
                        throws java.lang.Throwable

Invoke a given Method on this proxy. The component Map will be accessed using the given Method's name, and if an entry exists, the associated value is returned.

Specified by:

invoke in interface java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler

Parameters:

proxy - Satisfy the InvocationHandler interface - not used

method - The Method instance corresponding to the interface method invoked on the proxy instance

args - Satisfy the InvocationHandler interface - not used

Returns:

The value from the method invocation on the proxy instance

Throws:

java.lang.Throwable