de.bmiag.tapir.annotationprocessing.annotation

Annotation Type AnnotationProcessor

@Target(value=TYPE)
public @interface AnnotationProcessor

The AnnotationProcessor annotation is used in conjunction with DynamicActive. It is possible to specify the dynamic active annotation(s) which should be processed by the annotated annotation processor.

It is possible to use this annotation in conjunction with Order to define the precedence of the processor if multiple processors feel responsible for processing the annotation. The processor with the highest order is chosen by AnnotationProcessorProvider.

Internally for each dynamic active annotation a subclass of AbstractDynamicAnnotationProcessor is generated which provides a providerKey based on the annotation's type name. Moreover a .processor file is generated to META-INF, so AnnotationProcessorProvider can pick it up.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Oliver Libutzki <oliver.libutzki@bmiag.de>

See Also:

DynamicActive, AnnotationProcessorProvider, AbstractDynamicAnnotationProcessor

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
Class<? extends Annotation>[]	value Dynamic active annotations which should be processed by the annotated processor.

Element Detail

value

public abstract Class<? extends Annotation>[] value

Dynamic active annotations which should be processed by the annotated processor. The given annotations have to be annotated by DynamicActive

Returns:

the annotations which should be handled by the annotated annotation processor