Package org.glassfish.apf

Class AnnotationInfo

java.lang.Object

org.glassfish.apf.AnnotationInfo

public class AnnotationInfo
extends Object

Instances encapsulate all information necessary for an AnnotationHandler to process an annotation. In particular, instances of this class provide access to :

the Annotation instance the ProcessingContext of the tool the AnnotatedElement which is a reference to the annotation element (Type, Method...).

Author:

Jerome Dochez

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AnnotationInfo(ProcessingContext context, AnnotatedElement element, Annotation annotation, ElementType type)	Creates a new instance of AnnotationInfo with all the information necessary to process an annotation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AnnotatedElement	getAnnotatedElement()
Annotation	getAnnotation()
ElementType	getElementType()
ProcessingContext	getProcessingContext()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationInfo

public AnnotationInfo(ProcessingContext context,
                      AnnotatedElement element,
                      Annotation annotation,
                      ElementType type)

Creates a new instance of AnnotationInfo with all the information necessary to process an annotation.

Parameters:

context - the annotation processor processing context

element - the annotated element

annotation - the annotation

Method Detail

getAnnotatedElement

public AnnotatedElement getAnnotatedElement()

Returns:

the annotated element instance

getAnnotation

public Annotation getAnnotation()

Returns:

the annotation instance

getProcessingContext

public ProcessingContext getProcessingContext()

Returns:

the processing context

getElementType

public ElementType getElementType()

Returns:

the annotated element ElementType

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object