net.sf.jsefa.common.annotation
Class AnnotationDataProvider

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jsefa.common.annotation.AnnotationDataProvider

public final class AnnotationDataProvider
extends Object

Provider for values of annotation parameters. It provides a simple solution to the following drawbacks of annotations:
1) Annotations can not extend an interface so that it is not possible to express that several annotations do provide the same kind of data.
2) Annotated parameter values can not be set to null.

Author:

Norman Lahme-Huetig

Method Summary

static <T> T	get(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement, String annotationParameterName, Class<? extends Annotation>... annotationClasses) Returns the value of the annotation parameter with the given name of the annotation the given annotatedElement is annotated with and which class is one of the given annotation classes.
static <T> T	get(Annotation annotation, String annotationParameterName) Returns the value of the annotation parameter with the given name of the given annotation or null if it is to be interpreted as null (as the empty String, an empty array or special classes used as defaults for the annotation parameter value).
static boolean	hasParameter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass, String annotationParameterName) Returns true if the annotation class has an annotation parameter with the given name; false otherwise.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

get

public static <T> T get(Annotation annotation,
                        String annotationParameterName)

Returns the value of the annotation parameter with the given name of the given annotation or null if it is to be interpreted as null (as the empty String, an empty array or special classes used as defaults for the annotation parameter value).

Type Parameters:

T - the expected type of the data to return

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation

annotationParameterName - the annotation parameter name

Returns:

the annotation parameter value.

get

public static <T> T get(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement,
                        String annotationParameterName,
                        Class<? extends Annotation>... annotationClasses)

Returns the value of the annotation parameter with the given name of the annotation the given annotatedElement is annotated with and which class is one of the given annotation classes. Returns null, if the annotation parameter value is to be interpreted as null (as the empty String or special classes used as defaults for the annotation parameter value).

Type Parameters:

T - the expected type of the returned data

Parameters:

annotatedElement - the annotated element

annotationParameterName - the name of the annotation parameter

annotationClasses - the annotation classes

Returns:

the annotation parameter value

hasParameter

public static boolean hasParameter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass,
                                   String annotationParameterName)

Returns true if the annotation class has an annotation parameter with the given name; false otherwise.

Parameters:

annotationClass - the annotation class

annotationParameterName - the annotation parameter name

Returns:

true if the annotation class has an annotation parameter with the given name; false otherwise.