org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.javamodel.reflection

Class AnnotationHelper

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.javamodel.reflection.AnnotationHelper

public class AnnotationHelper
extends Object

Purpose:Provide a class which is responsible for returning Annotations from AnnotatedElements. This class can be extended in the case that the annotation data is being provided from an external source.

Author:

mmacivor

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AnnotationHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Annotation	getAnnotation(AnnotatedElement elem, Class annotationClass) Get an annotation of type annotationClass if it's present on the AnnotatedElement elem.
Annotation[]	getAnnotations(AnnotatedElement elem) Get all annotations that exist on the AnnotatedElement elem
Annotation[]	getDeclaredAnnotations(AnnotatedElement elem) Get all annotations that are defined directly on the AnnotatedElement (excluding inherited annotations).
boolean	isAnnotationPresent(AnnotatedElement elem, Class annotationClass) Return true if the annotation annotationClass exists on the annotatedElement elem.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationHelper

public AnnotationHelper()

Method Detail

getAnnotation

public Annotation getAnnotation(AnnotatedElement elem,
                                Class annotationClass)

Get an annotation of type annotationClass if it's present on the AnnotatedElement elem.

getAnnotations

public Annotation[] getAnnotations(AnnotatedElement elem)

Get all annotations that exist on the AnnotatedElement elem

isAnnotationPresent

public boolean isAnnotationPresent(AnnotatedElement elem,
                                   Class annotationClass)

Return true if the annotation annotationClass exists on the annotatedElement elem.

getDeclaredAnnotations

public Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations(AnnotatedElement elem)

Get all annotations that are defined directly on the AnnotatedElement (excluding inherited annotations).