Package org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.javamodel.reflection

Class 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 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).