Package com.sun.codemodel

Interface JAnnotatable

All Known Implementing Classes:

JAnnotationArrayMember, JDefinedClass, JEnumConstant, JFieldVar, JMethod, JPackage, JVar

public interface JAnnotatable

Annotatable program elements.

Author:

Kohsuke Kawaguchi

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
JAnnotationUse	annotate(JClass clazz)	Adds an annotation to this program element.
JAnnotationUse	annotate(java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> clazz)	Adds an annotation to this program element.
<W extends JAnnotationWriter> W	annotate2(java.lang.Class<W> clazz)	Adds an annotation to this program element and returns a type-safe writer to fill in the values of such annotations.
java.util.Collection<JAnnotationUse>	annotations()	Read-only live view of all annotations on this JAnnotatable
boolean	removeAnnotation(JAnnotationUse annotation)	Removes annotation from this program element.

Method Detail

annotate

JAnnotationUse annotate(JClass clazz)

Adds an annotation to this program element.

Parameters:

clazz - The annotation class to annotate the program element with

annotate

JAnnotationUse annotate(java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> clazz)

Adds an annotation to this program element.

Parameters:

clazz - The annotation class to annotate the program element with

removeAnnotation

boolean removeAnnotation(JAnnotationUse annotation)

Removes annotation from this program element.

Parameters:

annotation - The annotation to be removed from the program element

annotate2

<W extends JAnnotationWriter> W annotate2(java.lang.Class<W> clazz)

Adds an annotation to this program element and returns a type-safe writer to fill in the values of such annotations.

annotations

java.util.Collection<JAnnotationUse> annotations()

Read-only live view of all annotations on this JAnnotatable

Returns:

Can be empty but never null.