org.jboss.metadata.spi
Interface MutableMetaData

All Known Subinterfaces:

MutableMetaDataLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMutableComponentMetaDataLoader, AbstractMutableMetaDataLoader, MemoryMetaDataLoader, ThreadLocalMetaDataLoader

public interface MutableMetaData

MutableMetaData.

Version:

$Revision: 60565 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Method Summary

<T extends Annotation> T	addAnnotation(T annotation) Add an annotation
<T> T	addMetaData(String name, T metaData, Class<T> type) Add metaData
<T> T	addMetaData(T metaData, Class<T> type) Add metaData
<T extends Annotation> T	removeAnnotation(Class<T> annotationType) Remove an annotation
<T> T	removeMetaData(Class<T> type) Remove metaData
<T> T	removeMetaData(String name, Class<T> type) Remove metadata

Method Detail

addAnnotation

<T extends Annotation> T addAnnotation(T annotation)

Add an annotation

Type Parameters:

T - the annotation type

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation

Returns:

any previous annotation

removeAnnotation

<T extends Annotation> T removeAnnotation(Class<T> annotationType)

Remove an annotation

Type Parameters:

T - the annotation type

Parameters:

annotationType - the annotation type

Returns:

any previous annotation

addMetaData

<T> T addMetaData(T metaData,
                  Class<T> type)

Add metaData

Type Parameters:

T - the metadata type

Parameters:

metaData - the meta data

type - the expected type

Returns:

any previous meta data

removeMetaData

<T> T removeMetaData(Class<T> type)

Remove metaData

Type Parameters:

T - the metadata type

Parameters:

type - the meta data type

Returns:

any previous meta data

addMetaData

<T> T addMetaData(String name,
                  T metaData,
                  Class<T> type)

Add metaData

Type Parameters:

T - the metadata type

Parameters:

name - the name

metaData - the meta data

type - the expected type

Returns:

any previous meta data

removeMetaData

<T> T removeMetaData(String name,
                     Class<T> type)

Remove metadata

Type Parameters:

T - the metadata type

Parameters:

name - the name of the meta data

type - the expected type of the metadata

Returns:

the metadata or null if not present