org.glassfish.hk2.api

Class AnnotationLiteral<T extends Annotation>

java.lang.Object

org.glassfish.hk2.api.AnnotationLiteral<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the annotation type

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Annotation

Direct Known Subclasses:

NamedImpl, UnqualifiedImpl

public abstract class AnnotationLiteral<T extends Annotation>
extends Object
implements Annotation, Serializable

Supports inline instantiation of annotation type instances.

An instance of an annotation type may be obtained by subclassing AnnotationLiteral.

 public abstract class PayByQualifier 
       extends AnnotationLiteral<PayBy>
       implements PayBy {}
 

An extension of AnnotationLiteral must do two things:

1. Must have the target annotation as its generic type
2. Must implement the target type

In particular, in-line anonymous extensions of AnnotationLiteral will not work because in-line anonymous extensions of AnnotationLiteral cannot implement the target annotation

Author:

jwells

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AnnotationLiteral()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<? extends Annotation>	annotationType()
boolean	equals(Object other)
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation

toString

Constructor Detail

AnnotationLiteral

protected AnnotationLiteral()

Method Detail

annotationType

public Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType()

Specified by:

annotationType in interface Annotation

equals

public boolean equals(Object other)

Specified by:

equals in interface Annotation

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in interface Annotation

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object