org.castor.core.annotationprocessing
Interface AnnotationProcessor


public interface AnnotationProcessor

The interface each specific annotation processor has to fulfill.

Since:
1.3
Author:
Joachim Grueneis

Method Summary
 java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> forAnnotationClass()
          Returns for which Annotation this processor is meant.
<I extends BaseNature,A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>
boolean
processAnnotation(I info, A annotation)
          The processing action of this processor.
 

Method Detail

forAnnotationClass

java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> forAnnotationClass()
Returns for which Annotation this processor is meant.

Returns:
the Class for which this processor is meant

processAnnotation

<I extends BaseNature,A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> boolean processAnnotation(I info,
                                                                                           A annotation)
The processing action of this processor. If an annotation is given which is not supported false is returned.

Parameters:
info - the Info class that should be filled with the information read
annotation - the annotation to process
Returns:
true, if the annotation was processed successfully, false if not


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