Module org.refcodes.runtime
Package org.refcodes.runtime

Class AnnotationSugar

java.lang.Object
org.refcodes.runtime.AnnotationSugar
public class AnnotationSugar extends Object
Declarative syntactic sugar which may be statically imported in order to allow declarative definitions for Annotation related functionality.

  • Constructor Details

    • AnnotationSugar

      public AnnotationSugar()

  • Method Details

    • annotations

      public static Set<Annotation> annotations(Class<?> aClass)
      Gatherers all annotations annotating a provided Class.
      Parameters:
      aClass - the Class for which to gather all annotations.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.the Set containing all according annotations annotating the given Class

    • annotations

      public static Set<Annotation> annotations(Field aField)
      Gatherers all annotations annotating a provided Field.
      Parameters:
      aField - the Field for which to gather all annotations.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.the Set containing all according annotations annotating the given Field

    • annotations

      public static Set<Annotation> annotations(Method aMethod)
      Gatherers all annotations annotating a provided Method.
      Parameters:
      aMethod - the Method for which to gather all annotations.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.the Set containing all according annotations annotating the given Method

    • annotations

      public static Set<Annotation> annotations(Object aObj)
      Gatherers all annotations annotating a provided Object.
      Parameters:
      aObj - the Object for which to gather all annotations.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.the Set containing all according annotations annotating the given Object

    • findAnnotation

      public static Annotation findAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> aAnnotation, Class<?> aClass)
      Seeks for an Annotation of the given type annotating a provided Class, also reckoning annotations nested inside annotations (recursively).
      Parameters:
      aAnnotation - the Annotation type for which to seek.
      aClass - the Class which's annotations to crawl.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.the Annotation annotating the given Class or null if none was found

    • findAnnotation

      public static Annotation findAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> aAnnotation, Field aField)
      Seeks for an Annotation of the given type annotating a provided Field, also reckoning annotations nested inside annotations (recursively).
      Parameters:
      aAnnotation - the Annotation type for which to seek.
      aField - the Field which's annotations to crawl.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.the Annotation annotating the given Field or null if none was found

    • findAnnotation

      public static Annotation findAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> aAnnotation, Method aMethod)
      Seeks for an Annotation of the given type annotating a provided Method, also reckoning annotations nested inside annotations (recursively).
      Parameters:
      aAnnotation - the Annotation type for which to seek.
      aMethod - the Method which's annotations to crawl.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.the Annotation annotating the given Method or null if none was found

    • findAnnotation

      public static Annotation findAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> aAnnotation, Object aObj)
      Seeks for an Annotation of the given type annotating a provided Object, also reckoning annotations nested inside annotations (recursively).
      Parameters:
      aAnnotation - the Annotation type for which to seek.
      aObj - the Object which's annotations to crawl.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.the Annotation annotating the given Object or null if none was found

    • hasAnnotation

      public static boolean hasAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> aAnnotation, Class<?> aClass)
      Tests if an Annotation of the given type annotates a provided Class, also reckoning annotations nested inside annotations (recursively).
      Parameters:
      aAnnotation - the Annotation type for which to seek.
      aClass - the Class which's annotations to crawl.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.True in case the Annotation annotates the given Class.

    • hasAnnotation

      public static boolean hasAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> aAnnotation, Field aField)
      Tests if an Annotation of the given type annotates a provided Field, also reckoning annotations nested inside annotations (recursively).
      Parameters:
      aAnnotation - the Annotation type for which to seek.
      aField - the Field which's annotations to crawl.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.True in case the Annotation annotates the given Field.

    • hasAnnotation

      public static boolean hasAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> aAnnotation, Method aMethod)
      Tests if an Annotation of the given type annotates a provided Method, also reckoning annotations nested inside annotations (recursively).
      Parameters:
      aAnnotation - the Annotation type for which to seek.
      aMethod - the Method which's annotations to crawl.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.True in case the Annotation annotates the given Method.

    • hasAnnotation

      public static boolean hasAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> aAnnotation, Object aObj)
      Tests if an Annotation of the given type annotates a provided Object, also reckoning annotations nested inside annotations (recursively).
      Parameters:
      aAnnotation - the Annotation type for which to seek.
      aObj - the Object which's annotations to crawl.
      Returns:
      ReflectionUtility.True in case the Annotation annotates the given Object.