org.jvnet.annox.model
Class XAnnotation

java.lang.Object
  org.jvnet.annox.model.XAnnotation

public class XAnnotation
extends Object

Defines an xannotation.

Author:

Aleksei Valikov

Field Summary

static XAnnotation[]

EMPTY_ARRAY Empty array of annotations.

Constructor Summary

XAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass, XAnnotationField<?>... fields)
Constructs an xannotation for the given annotation class.

Method Summary

<T> T	accept(XAnnotationVisitor<T> visitor) Accepts the annotation visitor.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Class<? extends Annotation>	getAnnotationClass() Returns the annotation class.
List<XAnnotationField<?>>	getFieldsList() Returns the list of the fields.
Map<String,XAnnotationField<?>>	getFieldsMap() Returns the map of the fields.
Annotation	getResult() Returns the instance of the annotation for this xannotation.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

EMPTY_ARRAY

public static XAnnotation[] EMPTY_ARRAY

Empty array of annotations.

Constructor Detail

XAnnotation

public XAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass,
                   XAnnotationField<?>... fields)
            throws IllegalArgumentException

Constructs an xannotation for the given annotation class.

Parameters:

annotationClass - annotation class, must not be null

fields - fields of the xannotation.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If annotation class is null, some required annotation fields are missing or some annotation fields have mismatching types.

Method Detail

getAnnotationClass

public Class<? extends Annotation> getAnnotationClass()

Returns the annotation class.

Returns:

annotation class.

getFieldsList

public List<XAnnotationField<?>> getFieldsList()

Returns the list of the fields.

Returns:

list of the fields.

getFieldsMap

public Map<String,XAnnotationField<?>> getFieldsMap()

Returns the map of the fields.

Returns:

map of the fields.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getResult

public Annotation getResult()

Returns the instance of the annotation for this xannotation.

Returns:

Instance of the annotation for this xannotation.

accept

public <T> T accept(XAnnotationVisitor<T> visitor)

Accepts the annotation visitor.

Type Parameters:

T - Visitor result type.

Parameters:

visitor - visitor.

Returns:

Result of the visit.