org.jboss.weld.resources

Interface ReflectionCache.AnnotationClass<T extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>

Type Parameters:

T - type the type of the annotation

Enclosing interface:

ReflectionCache

public static interface ReflectionCache.AnnotationClass<T extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>

Represents cached metadata about an annotation class. Compared to TypeStore this class holds low-level metadata such as whether this annotation is a container for repeatable annotations.

Author:

Jozef Hartinger

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Set<java.lang.annotation.Annotation>	getMetaAnnotations()
java.lang.annotation.Annotation[]	getRepeatableAnnotations(java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation) Retrieves repeatable annotations held by this container annotation instance.
boolean	isRepeatableAnnotationContainer()
boolean	isScope()

Method Detail

getMetaAnnotations

java.util.Set<java.lang.annotation.Annotation> getMetaAnnotations()

Returns:

the set of meta-annotations this annotation class is annotated with

isScope

boolean isScope()

Returns:

true iff this annotation represents a scope annotation

isRepeatableAnnotationContainer

boolean isRepeatableAnnotationContainer()

Returns:

true iff this annotation represents a container for repeatable annotations

getRepeatableAnnotations

java.lang.annotation.Annotation[] getRepeatableAnnotations(java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation)

Retrieves repeatable annotations held by this container annotation instance.

Returns:

repeatable annotations held by this container annotation instance

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if this annotation class is not a repeatable annotation container