org.mule.util.scan.annotations

Class MetaAnnotationTypeFilter

java.lang.Object

org.mule.util.scan.annotations.MetaAnnotationTypeFilter

All Implemented Interfaces:

AnnotationFilter

public class MetaAnnotationTypeFilter
extends Object
implements AnnotationFilter

Will filter for a meta annotation type specified as the annotation class. Meta annotations are annotations on other annotations. this filter allows discovery of annotations on a class that have the same meta annotation.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Log	logger logger used by this class

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MetaAnnotationTypeFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotation) Creates an Meta Annotation Filter that look for Meta annotation on an annotation class.
MetaAnnotationTypeFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotation, ClassLoader classLoader) Creates an Meta Annotation Filter that look for Meta annotation on an annotation class

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(AnnotationInfo info) Should the annotation represented by an AnnotationInfo object be accepted
URL	getClassURL(String className)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

logger

protected final transient Log logger

logger used by this class

Constructor Detail

MetaAnnotationTypeFilter

public MetaAnnotationTypeFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotation,
                        ClassLoader classLoader)

Creates an Meta Annotation Filter that look for Meta annotation on an annotation class

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation class to read

MetaAnnotationTypeFilter

public MetaAnnotationTypeFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotation)

Creates an Meta Annotation Filter that look for Meta annotation on an annotation class. This constructor will cause the class reading to read from the System clssloader

Parameters:

annotation - the annotation class to read

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(AnnotationInfo info)

Description copied from interface: AnnotationFilter

Should the annotation represented by an AnnotationInfo object be accepted

Specified by:

accept in interface AnnotationFilter

Parameters:

info - the annotation information to select on

Returns:

true if the annotation matches the criteria for this filter

getClassURL

public URL getClassURL(String className)