org.castor.cpa.jpa.processors.classprocessors
Class JPAEntityProcessor

java.lang.Object
  org.castor.cpa.jpa.processors.BaseJPAAnnotationProcessor
      org.castor.cpa.jpa.processors.classprocessors.JPAEntityProcessor

All Implemented Interfaces:

AnnotationProcessor, TargetAwareAnnotationProcessor

public class JPAEntityProcessor
extends BaseJPAAnnotationProcessor

Processes the JPA annotation Entity. After this processor is done, JPAClassNature.getEntityName() returns a valid value!

Version:

2009-01-03

Author:

Martin Kandler

Constructor Summary

JPAEntityProcessor()

Method Summary

Class<? extends Annotation>	forAnnotationClass() Returns for which Annotation this processor is meant.
<I extends BaseNature,A extends Annotation> boolean	processAnnotation(I info, A annotation, AnnotatedElement target) The processing action of this processor.

Methods inherited from class org.castor.cpa.jpa.processors.BaseJPAAnnotationProcessor

processAnnotation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JPAEntityProcessor

public JPAEntityProcessor()

Method Detail

forAnnotationClass

public final Class<? extends Annotation> forAnnotationClass()

Returns for which Annotation this processor is meant.

Returns:

the Class for which this processor is meant

See Also:

AnnotationProcessor.forAnnotationClass()

processAnnotation

public <I extends BaseNature,A extends Annotation> boolean processAnnotation(I info,
                                                                             A annotation,
                                                                             AnnotatedElement target)

The processing action of this processor. If an annotation is given which is not supported false is returned.

Parameters:

info - the Info class that should be filled with the information read

annotation - the annotation to process

target - the target (Field, Class, etc.) of the given annotation

Returns:

true, if the annotation was processed successfully, false if not

See Also:

processAnnotation(BaseNature, Annotation, AnnotatedElement)