org.apache.tapestry5.ioc
Interface AnnotationProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

BeanEditContext, Binding, ClassTransformation, InternalPropBinding, InternalPropertyConduit, PropertyAdapter, PropertyConduit, PropertyEditContext, PropertyModel, TransformField, TransformMethod

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBinding, AccessableObjectAnnotationProvider, AnnotationProviderChain, AssetBinding, AttributeExpansionBinding, BeanEditContextImpl, BlockBinding, BridgeClassTransformation, CoercingPropertyConduitWrapper, ComponentBinding, InvariantBinding, LiteralBinding, LiteralPropertyConduit, NullAnnotationProvider, PropBinding, PropertyAdapterImpl, PropertyModelImpl, RenderVariableBinding

public interface AnnotationProvider

A source of annotations. This interface is used to mask where the annotations come from (for example, from a Method, a Class, or some other source).

Method Summary

<T extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> T

getAnnotation(java.lang.Class<T> annotationClass) Searches for the specified annotation, returning the matching annotation instance.

Method Detail

getAnnotation

<T extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> T getAnnotation(java.lang.Class<T> annotationClass)

Searches for the specified annotation, returning the matching annotation instance.

Type Parameters:

T -

Parameters:

annotationClass - used to select the annotation to return

Returns:

the annotation, or null if not found