Package utilities.util

Enum Class AnnotationUtilities

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<AnnotationUtilities>

utilities.util.AnnotationUtilities

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<AnnotationUtilities>, Constable

public enum AnnotationUtilities
extends Enum<AnnotationUtilities>

Some utilities for reflection using annotations

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Set<Method>	collectAnnotatedMethods(Class<? extends Annotation> annotCls, Class<?> cls)	Collect from among the given class, its superclasses, and its interfaces all methods annotated with the given annotation type.
static AnnotationUtilities	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static AnnotationUtilities[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

values

public static AnnotationUtilities[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static AnnotationUtilities valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

collectAnnotatedMethods

public static Set<Method> collectAnnotatedMethods(Class<? extends Annotation> annotCls,
 Class<?> cls)

Collect from among the given class, its superclasses, and its interfaces all methods annotated with the given annotation type.

Parameters:

annotCls - the annotation type

cls - the class whose methods to examine

Returns:

the set of all methods having the given annotation type