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AnnotationInfo.java API Doc Glassfish v2 API 4071 Fri May 04 22:30:20 BST 2007 com.sun.enterprise.deployment.annotation

AnnotationInfo

java.lang.Object

public class AnnotationInfo extends Object

Instances encapsulate all information necessary for an AnnotationHandler to process an annotation. In particular, instances of this class provide access to :

the Annotation instance

the ProcessingContext of the tool

the AnnotatedElement which is a reference to the annotation element (Type, Method...).

see: java.lang.annotation.Annotation, java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement
author: Jerome Dochez

Fields Summary
private final AnnotatedElement
annotatedElement
private final Annotation
annotation
private final ProcessingContext
context
private final ElementType
type
Constructors Summary
public AnnotationInfo(ProcessingContext context, AnnotatedElement element, Annotation annotation, ElementType type)
Creates a new instance of AnnotationInfo with all the information necessary to process an annotation.
param
context the annotation processor processing context
param
element the annotated element
param
annotation the annotation
this.context = context; this.annotatedElement = element; this.annotation = annotation; this.type = type;
Methods Summary
public java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement getAnnotatedElement()
return
the annotated element instance
return annotatedElement;
public java.lang.annotation.Annotation getAnnotation()
return
the annotation instance
return annotation;
public java.lang.annotation.ElementType getElementType()
return
the annotated element ElementType
return type;
public ProcessingContext getProcessingContext()
return
the processing context
return context;