Package org.omnifaces.utils.annotation

Class Annotations

java.lang.Object

org.omnifaces.utils.annotation.Annotations

public final class Annotations
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <A extends Annotation> A	createAnnotationInstance(Class<A> type)	Create an instance of the specified annotation type with default attributes.
static <A extends Annotation> A	createAnnotationInstance(Class<A> type, Map<String,Object> attributes)	Create an instance of the specified annotation type with given attributes.
static <A extends Annotation> A[]	createAnnotationInstances(Class<A>... types)	Create an array of instances of the specified annotation types with default attributes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createAnnotationInstance

public static <A extends Annotation> A createAnnotationInstance(Class<A> type)

Create an instance of the specified annotation type with default attributes.

Type Parameters:

A - The generic annotation type.

Parameters:

type - The annotation type.

Returns:

An annotation instance of the specified annotation type with default attributes.

createAnnotationInstances

@SafeVarargs
public static <A extends Annotation> A[] createAnnotationInstances(Class<A>... types)

Create an array of instances of the specified annotation types with default attributes. Useful for varargs calls such as CDI.current().select(type, createAnnotationInstances(Qualifier1.class, Qualifier2.class)).

Type Parameters:

A - The generic annotation type.

Parameters:

types - The annotation types.

Returns:

An array of instances of the specified annotation types with default attributes.

createAnnotationInstance

public static <A extends Annotation> A createAnnotationInstance(Class<A> type,
                                                                Map<String,Object> attributes)

Create an instance of the specified annotation type with given attributes.

Type Parameters:

A - The generic annotation type.

Parameters:

type - The annotation type.

attributes - The annotation attributes. May be a partial attribute map or even an empty map.

Returns:

An annotation instance of the specified annotation type with given attributes.