org.datanucleus.metadata.annotations

Interface AnnotationManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationManagerImpl

public interface AnnotationManager

Interface defining the access to MetaData derived from Annotations.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	getClassAnnotationHasHandler(String annotationName)
ClassAnnotationHandler	getHandlerForClassAnnotation(String annotationName) Accessor for a handler for the specified class annotation.
MemberAnnotationHandler	getHandlerForMemberAnnotation(String annotationName) Accessor for a handler for the specified member annotation.
boolean	getMemberAnnotationHasHandler(String annotationName)
AbstractClassMetaData	getMetaDataForClass(Class cls, PackageMetaData pmd, ClassLoaderResolver clr) Method to get the ClassMetaData for a class from its annotations.

Method Detail

getMetaDataForClass

AbstractClassMetaData getMetaDataForClass(Class cls,
                                          PackageMetaData pmd,
                                          ClassLoaderResolver clr)

Method to get the ClassMetaData for a class from its annotations.

Parameters:

cls - The class

pmd - MetaData for the owning package (that this will be a child of)

clr - Resolver for ClassLoader issues

Returns:

The ClassMetaData (unpopulated and uninitialised)

getClassAnnotationHasHandler

boolean getClassAnnotationHasHandler(String annotationName)

getMemberAnnotationHasHandler

boolean getMemberAnnotationHasHandler(String annotationName)

getHandlerForClassAnnotation

ClassAnnotationHandler getHandlerForClassAnnotation(String annotationName)

Accessor for a handler for the specified class annotation.

Parameters:

annotationName - Annotation to be handled.

Returns:

The handler (if any). Takes the first one, so only register one handler

getHandlerForMemberAnnotation

MemberAnnotationHandler getHandlerForMemberAnnotation(String annotationName)

Accessor for a handler for the specified member annotation.

Parameters:

annotationName - Annotation to be handled

Returns:

The handler (if any). Takes the first one, so only register one handler