org.oddjob.arooa

Interface ArooaAnnotations

All Known Implementing Classes:

ArooaAnnotationsHelper, NoAnnotations

public interface ArooaAnnotations

Capture annotation information about a bean.

Author:

rob

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String[]	annotatedProperties() Provide all properties that are annotated.
ArooaAnnotation	annotationForProperty(java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.String annotationName) Get the Annotation for a property by annotation name.
ArooaAnnotation[]	annotationsForProperty(java.lang.String propertyName) Get all the annotations for a property.
java.lang.reflect.Method	methodFor(java.lang.String annotationName) Get the method for an annotation name.

Method Detail

methodFor

java.lang.reflect.Method methodFor(java.lang.String annotationName)

Get the method for an annotation name.

Parameters:

annotationName - The annotation name.

Returns:

the method for the annotation name, or null if there isn't one.

annotatedProperties

java.lang.String[] annotatedProperties()

Provide all properties that are annotated.

Returns:

Array of properties or an empty array. Never null.

annotationForProperty

ArooaAnnotation annotationForProperty(java.lang.String propertyName,
                                      java.lang.String annotationName)

Get the Annotation for a property by annotation name.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the property.

annotationName - The name of the annotation.

Returns:

The annotation, or null if one doesn't exist.

annotationsForProperty

ArooaAnnotation[] annotationsForProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)

Get all the annotations for a property.

Parameters:

propertyName - The property name.

Returns:

An array of annotations, may be empty, never null.