Package org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.javamodel.reflection

Class AnnotationHelper

  • public class AnnotationHelper
extends java.lang.Object

    Purpose:Provide a class which is responsible for returning Annotations from AnnotatedElements. This class can be extended in the case that the annotation data is being provided from an external source.

    Author:
    mmacivor

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      java.lang.annotation.Annotation getAnnotation​(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement elem, java.lang.Class annotationClass)
      Get an annotation of type annotationClass if it's present on the AnnotatedElement elem.
      java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] getAnnotations​(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement elem)
      Get all annotations that exist on the AnnotatedElement elem
      java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations​(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement elem)
      Get all annotations that are defined directly on the AnnotatedElement (excluding inherited annotations).
      boolean isAnnotationPresent​(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement elem, java.lang.Class annotationClass)
      Return true if the annotation annotationClass exists on the annotatedElement elem.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    • Constructor Detail

      • AnnotationHelper

        public AnnotationHelper()

    • Method Detail

      • getAnnotation

        public java.lang.annotation.Annotation getAnnotation​(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement elem,
                                                     java.lang.Class annotationClass)
        Get an annotation of type annotationClass if it's present on the AnnotatedElement elem.

      • getAnnotations

        public java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] getAnnotations​(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement elem)
        Get all annotations that exist on the AnnotatedElement elem

      • isAnnotationPresent

        public boolean isAnnotationPresent​(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement elem,
                                   java.lang.Class annotationClass)
        Return true if the annotation annotationClass exists on the annotatedElement elem.

      • getDeclaredAnnotations

        public java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] getDeclaredAnnotations​(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement elem)
        Get all annotations that are defined directly on the AnnotatedElement (excluding inherited annotations).