com.opensymphony.xwork2.util

Class AnnotationUtils

java.lang.Object

com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.AnnotationUtils

public class AnnotationUtils
extends Object

AnnotationUtils

Various utility methods dealing with annotations

Version:

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Author:

Rainer Hermanns, Zsolt Szasz, zsolt at lorecraft dot com, Dan Oxlade, dan d0t oxlade at gmail d0t c0m

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AnnotationUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	addAllFields(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass, Class clazz, List<Field> allFields) Adds all fields with the specified Annotation of class clazz and its superclasses to allFields
static void	addAllInterfaces(Class clazz, List<Class> allInterfaces)
static void	addAllMethods(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass, Class clazz, List<Method> allMethods) Adds all methods with the specified Annotation of class clazz and its superclasses to allFields
static <T extends Annotation> T	findAnnotation(Class<?> clazz, Class<T> annotationClass) Returns the annotation on the given class or the package of the class.
static <T extends Annotation> List<T>	findAnnotations(Class<?> clazz, Class<T> annotationClass) Returns a list of the annotation on the given class or the package of the class.
static String	resolvePropertyName(Method method) Returns the property name for a method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationUtils

public AnnotationUtils()

Method Detail

addAllFields

public static void addAllFields(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass,
                                Class clazz,
                                List<Field> allFields)

Adds all fields with the specified Annotation of class clazz and its superclasses to allFields

Parameters:

annotationClass - the Annotations to find

clazz - The Class to inspect

allFields - list of all fields

addAllMethods

public static void addAllMethods(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass,
                                 Class clazz,
                                 List<Method> allMethods)

Adds all methods with the specified Annotation of class clazz and its superclasses to allFields

Parameters:

annotationClass - the Annotations to find

clazz - The Class to inspect

allMethods - list of all methods

addAllInterfaces

public static void addAllInterfaces(Class clazz,
                                    List<Class> allInterfaces)

Parameters:

clazz - The Class to inspect

allInterfaces - list of all interfaces

resolvePropertyName

public static String resolvePropertyName(Method method)

Returns the property name for a method. This method is independent from property fields.

Parameters:

method - The method to get the property name for.

Returns:

the property name for given method; null if non could be resolved.

findAnnotation

public static <T extends Annotation> T findAnnotation(Class<?> clazz,
                                                      Class<T> annotationClass)

Returns the annotation on the given class or the package of the class. This searches up the class hierarchy and the package hierarchy for the closest match.

Type Parameters:

T - class type

Parameters:

clazz - The class to search for the annotation.

annotationClass - The Class of the annotation.

Returns:

The annotation or null.

findAnnotations

public static <T extends Annotation> List<T> findAnnotations(Class<?> clazz,
                                                             Class<T> annotationClass)

Returns a list of the annotation on the given class or the package of the class. This searches up the class hierarchy and the package hierarchy.

Type Parameters:

T - class type

Parameters:

clazz - The class to search for the annotation.

annotationClass - The Class of the annotation.

Returns:

List of the annotations or an empty list.