org.hibernate.annotationfactory
Class AnnotationDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.annotationfactory.AnnotationDescriptor

public class AnnotationDescriptor
extends Object

Encapsulates the data you need to create an annotation. In particular, it stores the type of an Annotation instance and the values of its elements. The "elements" we're talking about are the annotation attributes, not its targets (the term "element" is used ambiguously in Java's annotations documentation).

Author:

Paolo Perrotta, Davide Marchignoli

Constructor Summary

AnnotationDescriptor(Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotationType)

Method Summary

boolean	containsElement(String elementName)
int	numberOfElements()
void	setValue(String elementName, Object value)
Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>	type()
Object	valueOf(String elementName)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationDescriptor

public AnnotationDescriptor(Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotationType)

Method Detail

setValue

public void setValue(String elementName,
                     Object value)

valueOf

public Object valueOf(String elementName)

containsElement

public boolean containsElement(String elementName)

numberOfElements

public int numberOfElements()

type

public Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> type()