org.hibernate.validator.util.annotationfactory
Class AnnotationProxy

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.validator.util.annotationfactory.AnnotationProxy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Annotation, InvocationHandler

public class AnnotationProxy
extends Object
implements Annotation, InvocationHandler, Serializable

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, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AnnotationProxy(AnnotationDescriptor<?> descriptor)

Method Summary

Class<? extends 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 Annotation> annotationType()

Specified by:

annotationType in interface Annotation

toString

public String toString()

Specified by:

toString in interface Annotation

Overrides:

toString in class Object