pl.edu.agh.cast.util.reflect
Class AnnotationUtil

java.lang.Object
  pl.edu.agh.cast.util.reflect.AnnotationUtil

public final class AnnotationUtil
extends Object

An utility class for processing Java annotations.

Author:

AGH CAST Team

Constructor Summary

AnnotationUtil()

Method Summary

static <T extends Annotation> MultiMap<Method,T>

getAnnotatedMethods(Class<?> clazz, Class<T> annotation) Returns a MultiMap of Methods of given class, which have at least one annotation of given type through the inheritance hierarchy (including the ones from implemented interfaces).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AnnotationUtil

public AnnotationUtil()

Method Detail

getAnnotatedMethods

public static <T extends Annotation> MultiMap<Method,T> getAnnotatedMethods(Class<?> clazz,
                                                                            Class<T> annotation)

Returns a MultiMap of Methods of given class, which have at least one annotation of given type through the inheritance hierarchy (including the ones from implemented interfaces).

Type Parameters:

T - type of annotation to look for

Parameters:

clazz - the Class whose methods should be analyzed

annotation - the annotation to look for

Returns:

MultiMap which contains only the methods with at least one annotation present (the key) and a list of corresponding annotations (the value)