com.amazon.carbonado.info
Class StorablePropertyAnnotation

java.lang.Object
  com.amazon.carbonado.info.StorablePropertyAnnotation

public class StorablePropertyAnnotation
extends Object

Information about a custom annotation applied to a property.

Author:

Brian S O'Neill

Constructor Summary

StorablePropertyAnnotation(Annotation annotation, Method method)
Use this constructor if an annotation was actually defined.

StorablePropertyAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, Method method)
Use this constructor if an annotation was not defined, but instead is being automatically applied.

Method Summary

Method	getAnnotatedMethod() Returns the method that has the annotation.
Annotation	getAnnotation() Returns the actual annotation instance, which may be null if annotation was automatically applied.
Class<? extends Annotation>	getAnnotationType() Returns the type of annotation that was applied to the property method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StorablePropertyAnnotation

public StorablePropertyAnnotation(Annotation annotation,
                                  Method method)

Use this constructor if an annotation was actually defined.

Parameters:

annotation - annotation on method

method - method with annotation

StorablePropertyAnnotation

public StorablePropertyAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType,
                                  Method method)

Use this constructor if an annotation was not defined, but instead is being automatically applied.

Parameters:

annotationType - annotation type on method

method - method with annotation

Method Detail

getAnnotation

public Annotation getAnnotation()

Returns the actual annotation instance, which may be null if annotation was automatically applied.

getAnnotationType

public Class<? extends Annotation> getAnnotationType()

Returns the type of annotation that was applied to the property method.

getAnnotatedMethod

public Method getAnnotatedMethod()

Returns the method that has the annotation.