org.jboss.weld.resources

Interface ReflectionCache

All Superinterfaces:

Service

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultReflectionCache, HotspotReflectionCache

public interface ReflectionCache
extends Service

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	ReflectionCache.AnnotationClass<T extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> Represents cached metadata about an annotation class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> ReflectionCache.AnnotationClass<T>	getAnnotationClass(java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
java.util.Set<java.lang.annotation.Annotation>	getAnnotations(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement element)
java.util.Set<java.lang.annotation.Annotation>	getBackedAnnotatedTypeAnnotationSet(java.lang.Class<?> javaClass) Returns the set of annotations for a BackedAnnotatedType.
java.util.Set<java.lang.annotation.Annotation>	getDeclaredAnnotations(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement element)

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.weld.bootstrap.api.Service

cleanup

Method Detail

getAnnotations

java.util.Set<java.lang.annotation.Annotation> getAnnotations(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement element)

getDeclaredAnnotations

java.util.Set<java.lang.annotation.Annotation> getDeclaredAnnotations(java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement element)

getBackedAnnotatedTypeAnnotationSet

java.util.Set<java.lang.annotation.Annotation> getBackedAnnotatedTypeAnnotationSet(java.lang.Class<?> javaClass)

Returns the set of annotations for a BackedAnnotatedType. This are all annotations declared directly on the BackedAnnotatedType.getJavaClass() and all Inherited annotations. In addition, scope annotation inheritance rules (as defined in section 4.1) are applied.

Parameters:

javaClass -

Returns:

the set of type-level annotations of a given type

getAnnotationClass

<T extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> ReflectionCache.AnnotationClass<T> getAnnotationClass(java.lang.Class<T> clazz)