org.jboss.reflect.spi
Interface AnnotationValue

All Superinterfaces:

Value

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationValueImpl

public interface AnnotationValue
extends Value

An annotation value

Author:

Bill Burke, Adrian Brock

Method Summary

AnnotationInfo	getAnnotationType() Get the annotation type
Annotation	getUnderlyingAnnotation() Get the underlying annotation
<T extends Annotation> T	getUnderlyingAnnotation(Class<T> annotationType) Get the underlying annotation
Value	getValue(String attributeName) Get an attribute value
Map<String,Value>	getValues() Get the values

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.reflect.spi.Value

asAnnotation, asArray, asClass, asEnum, asPrimitive, asString, getType, isAnnotation, isArray, isClass, isEnum, isPrimitive, isString

Method Detail

getAnnotationType

AnnotationInfo getAnnotationType()

Get the annotation type

Returns:

the annotation type

getValue

Value getValue(String attributeName)

Get an attribute value

Parameters:

attributeName - the attribute name

Returns:

the value

getValues

Map<String,Value> getValues()

Get the values

Returns:

the values

getUnderlyingAnnotation

Annotation getUnderlyingAnnotation()

Get the underlying annotation

Returns:

the annotation

getUnderlyingAnnotation

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

Get the underlying annotation

Type Parameters:

T - the annotation type

Parameters:

annotationType - the annotationType

Returns:

the annotation