Module org.hibernate.commons.annotations

Package org.hibernate.annotations.common.reflection

Interface MetadataProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

JavaMetadataProvider

public interface MetadataProvider

Provides metadata

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AnnotationReader	getAnnotationReader(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement)	provide metadata for a given annotated element
Map<Object,Object>	getDefaults()	provide default metadata
default void	reset()	Reset any internal caches.

Method Details

getDefaults

Map<Object,Object> getDefaults()

provide default metadata

getAnnotationReader

AnnotationReader getAnnotationReader(AnnotatedElement annotatedElement)

provide metadata for a given annotated element

reset

default void reset()

Reset any internal caches. This will free up memory in some implementations, at the cost of possibly being a bit slower if its services are needed again. Other configuration aspects are not affected.