org.jboss.reflect.spi
Interface TypeInfoFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

IntrospectionAnnotationHelper, IntrospectionTypeInfoFactory, IntrospectionTypeInfoFactoryImpl, JavassistAnnotationHelper, JavassistTypeInfoFactory, JavassistTypeInfoFactoryImpl

public interface TypeInfoFactory

A type info factory.

Author:

Adrian Brock

Method Summary

TypeInfo	getTypeInfo(Class<?> clazz) Get a type info
TypeInfo	getTypeInfo(String name, ClassLoader cl) Get a type info
TypeInfo	getTypeInfo(Type type) Get a type info

Method Detail

getTypeInfo

TypeInfo getTypeInfo(String name,
                     ClassLoader cl)
                     throws ClassNotFoundException

Get a type info

Parameters:

name - the class name

cl - the classloader

Returns:

the type info

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - when there is no such class

getTypeInfo

TypeInfo getTypeInfo(Class<?> clazz)

Get a type info

Parameters:

clazz - the class

Returns:

the type info

getTypeInfo

TypeInfo getTypeInfo(Type type)

Get a type info

Parameters:

type - the type

Returns:

the type info