org.hibernate.annotationfactory
Class AnnotationProxy

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.hibernate.annotationfactory.AnnotationProxy
All Implemented Interfaces:
java.lang.annotation.Annotation, InvocationHandler

public class AnnotationProxy
extends Object
implements java.lang.annotation.Annotation, InvocationHandler

A concrete implementation of Annotation that pretends it is a "real" source code annotation. It's also an InvocationHandler.

When you create an AnnotationProxy, you must initialize it with an AnnotationDescriptor. The adapter checks that the provided elements are the same elements defined in the annotation interface. However, it does not check that their values are the right type. If you omit an element, the adapter will use the default value for that element from the annotation interface, if it exists. If no default exists, it will throw an exception.

Warning: this class does not implement hashCode() and equals() - it just uses the ones it inherits from Object. This means that an AnnotationProxy does not follow the recommendations of the Annotation javadoc about these two methods. That's why you should never mix AnnotationProxies with "real" annotations. For example, don't put them into the same Collection.

Author:
Paolo Perrotta, Davide Marchignoli
See Also:
Annotation

Constructor Summary
AnnotationProxy(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor)
           
 
Method Summary
 Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotationType()
           
 Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args)
           
 String toString()
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation
equals, hashCode
 

Constructor Detail

AnnotationProxy

public AnnotationProxy(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor)
Method Detail

invoke

public Object invoke(Object proxy,
                     Method method,
                     Object[] args)
              throws Throwable
Specified by:
invoke in interface InvocationHandler
Throws:
Throwable

annotationType

public Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotationType()
Specified by:
annotationType in interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation

toString

public String toString()
Specified by:
toString in interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation
Overrides:
toString in class Object