org.cojen.util
Class AnnotationDescParser

java.lang.Object
  org.cojen.util.AnnotationDescParser

public class AnnotationDescParser
extends Object

Parses an annotation descriptor String to a Cojen Annotation definition.

Since:

2.1

Author:

Brian S O'Neill

See Also:

AnnotationDescPrinter

Constructor Summary

AnnotationDescParser(String annotationString)

Method Summary

protected Annotation	buildRootAnnotation(TypeDesc rootAnnotationType) Override this method if a root annotation is not provided, as it must be built after parsing the root annotation type.
Annotation	parse(Annotation rootAnnotation) Parses the given annotation, returning the root annotation that received the results.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationDescParser

public AnnotationDescParser(String annotationString)

Parameters:

annotationString - annotation to parse

Method Detail

parse

public Annotation parse(Annotation rootAnnotation)

Parses the given annotation, returning the root annotation that received the results.

Parameters:

rootAnnotation - root annotation

Returns:

root annotation

Throws:

IllegalArgumentExcecption - if annotation is malformed

buildRootAnnotation

protected Annotation buildRootAnnotation(TypeDesc rootAnnotationType)

Override this method if a root annotation is not provided, as it must be built after parsing the root annotation type. By default, this method throws UnsupportedOperationException.