AnnotationDescriptor (Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.0.GA public API)

java.lang.Object
- org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.annotation.AnnotationDescriptor<A>

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConstraintAnnotationDescriptor
```
public class AnnotationDescriptor<A extends Annotation>
extends Object
implements Serializable
```
Encapsulates the data you need to create an annotation. In particular, it stores the type of an Annotation instance and the values of its elements. The "elements" we're talking about are the annotation attributes, not its targets (the term "element" is used ambiguously in Java's annotations documentation).

Author:

Paolo Perrotta, Davide Marchignoli, Hardy Ferentschik, Gunnar Morling, Guillaume Smet

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static class AnnotationDescriptor.Builder<S extends Annotation>

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AnnotationDescriptor(A annotation)

AnnotationDescriptor(AnnotationDescriptor<A> descriptor)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`
`A`	`getAnnotation()`
`Object`	`getAttribute(String attributeName)`
`<T> T`	`getAttribute(String attributeName, Class<T> attributeType)`
`Map<String,Object>`	`getAttributes()`
`<T> T`	`getMandatoryAttribute(String attributeName, Class<T> attributeType)`
`Class<A>`	`getType()`
`int`	`hashCode()`	Calculates the hash code of this annotation descriptor as described in `Annotation.hashCode()`.
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AnnotationDescriptor

public AnnotationDescriptor(A annotation)

AnnotationDescriptor

public AnnotationDescriptor(AnnotationDescriptor<A> descriptor)

Method Detail

getType
```
public Class<A> getType()
```

getAttributes

public Map<String,Object> getAttributes()

getMandatoryAttribute

public <T> T getMandatoryAttribute(String attributeName,
                                   Class<T> attributeType)

getAttribute

public <T> T getAttribute(String attributeName,
                          Class<T> attributeType)

getAttribute

public Object getAttribute(String attributeName)

getAnnotation
```
public A getAnnotation()
```

equals
```
public boolean equals(Object obj)
```
Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
Calculates the hash code of this annotation descriptor as described in Annotation.hashCode().

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

The hash code of this descriptor.

See Also:

Annotation.hashCode()

toString
```
public String toString()
```
Overrides:

toString in class Object