com.bluegosling.apt.reflect

Class ArAnnotation

java.lang.Object

com.bluegosling.apt.reflect.ArAnnotation

public class ArAnnotation
extends Object

An annotation in Java source code. It is sort of analogous to the actual Annotation interface, except that it represents source-level annotations during annotation processing vs. annotations on actual runtime types.

See Also:

Annotation, AnnotationMirror

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ArClass	annotationType() Returns the annotation's type.
boolean	equals(Object o)
static ArAnnotation	forAnnotationMirror(AnnotationMirror mirror) Constructs a new annotation based on the specified mirror.
Map<String,?>	getAnnotationAttributes() Returns the annotation's attributes and values, including undeclared attributes with their corresponding default value.
Map<String,?>	getDeclaredAnnotationAttributes() Returns the annotation's attributes and values.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

forAnnotationMirror

public static ArAnnotation forAnnotationMirror(AnnotationMirror mirror)

Constructs a new annotation based on the specified mirror.

Parameters:

mirror - the annotation mirror

Returns:

a new annotation

annotationType

public ArClass annotationType()

Returns the annotation's type.

Returns:

the annotation type

See Also:

Annotation.annotationType()

getAnnotationAttributes

public Map<String,?> getAnnotationAttributes()

Returns the annotation's attributes and values, including undeclared attributes with their corresponding default value. The keys represent the annotation's methods; the values represent the actual values. The values will be instances of one of the following:

• Strings and boxed primitives.
• ArClass objects for methods whose return is a java.lang.Class.
• List<?> for methods whose return type is an array. The values in this list will be one the other types described here.
• Other ArAnnotations for methods that return other annotation types.

Returns:

the annotation's attributes and values

See Also:

getDeclaredAnnotationAttributes()

getDeclaredAnnotationAttributes

public Map<String,?> getDeclaredAnnotationAttributes()

Returns the annotation's attributes and values. Only values explicitly declared in the annotation are included. The keys represent the annotation's methods; the values represent the actual values. See getAnnotationAttributes() for more details.

Returns:

the annotation's declared attributes and values

See Also:

getAnnotationAttributes()

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object