org.apache.cxf.common.annotation

Interface AnnotationVisitor

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAnnotationVisitor, ResourceInjector

public interface AnnotationVisitor

Visits the annotated elements of an object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.List<java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>>	getTargetAnnotations() return the list of annotations this visitor wants to be informed about.
void	setTarget(java.lang.Object target) set the target object being visited.
void	visitClass(java.lang.Class<?> clz, java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation) visit an annotated class.
void	visitField(java.lang.reflect.Field field, java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation) visit an annotated field.
void	visitMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method method, java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation) visit an annotated method.

Method Detail

setTarget

void setTarget(java.lang.Object target)

set the target object being visited. Invoked before any of the visit methods.

Parameters:

target - the target object

See Also:

AnnotationProcessor

getTargetAnnotations

java.util.List<java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>> getTargetAnnotations()

return the list of annotations this visitor wants to be informed about.

Returns:

list of annotation types to be informed about

visitClass

void visitClass(java.lang.Class<?> clz,
                java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation)

visit an annotated class. Invoked when the class of an object is annotated by one of the specified annotations. visitClass is called for each of the annotations that matches and for each class.

Parameters:

clz - the class with the annotation

annotation - the annotation

visitField

void visitField(java.lang.reflect.Field field,
                java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation)

visit an annotated field. Invoked when the field of an object is annotated by one of the specified annotations. visitField is called for each of the annotations that matches and for each field.

Parameters:

field - the annotated field

annotation - the annotation

visitMethod

void visitMethod(java.lang.reflect.Method method,
                 java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation)

visit an annotated method. Invoked when the method of an object is annotated by one of the specified annotations. visitMethod is called for each of the annotations that matches and for each method.

Parameters:

method - the annotated fieldx

annotation - the annotation