org.datanucleus.metadata.annotations

Interface AnnotationReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAnnotationReader

public interface AnnotationReader

Interface defining the access to MetaData derived from Annotations. An annotation reader supports particular annotations packages.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
AbstractClassMetaData	getMetaDataForClass(Class cls, PackageMetaData pmd, ClassLoaderResolver clr) Method to get the ClassMetaData for a class from its annotations.
String[]	getSupportedAnnotationPackages() Accessor for the annotations packages supported by this reader.

Method Detail

getSupportedAnnotationPackages

String[] getSupportedAnnotationPackages()

Accessor for the annotations packages supported by this reader.

Returns:

The annotations packages that will be processed.

getMetaDataForClass

AbstractClassMetaData getMetaDataForClass(Class cls,
                                        PackageMetaData pmd,
                                        ClassLoaderResolver clr)

Method to get the ClassMetaData for a class from its annotations.

Parameters:

cls - The class

pmd - MetaData for the owning package (that this will be a child of)

clr - ClassLoader resolver

Returns:

The ClassMetaData (unpopulated and unitialised)