org.apache.felix.scrplugin.description
Class ClassDescription

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.felix.scrplugin.description.ClassDescription

public class ClassDescription
extends java.lang.Object

A ClassDescription is describing the found annotations of a class. Its basically used as a wrapper to hold all the various annotations found in a class. This description only contains the annotations found in the current class, but not in any superclass. The annotations are available as descriptions.

See Also:

ComponentDescription, ServiceDescription, ReferenceDescription, PropertyDescription

Constructor Summary

ClassDescription(java.lang.Class<?> describedClass, java.lang.String source)
Create a new class description

Method Summary

void	add(AbstractDescription desc) Add a new description
ClassDescription	clone()
java.lang.Class<?>	getDescribedClass() Get the associated class.
<T extends AbstractDescription> T	getDescription(java.lang.Class<T> descType) Get the first description of that type
<T extends AbstractDescription> java.util.List<T>	getDescriptions(java.lang.Class<T> descType) Get all descriptions of that type.
java.lang.String	getSource() Get the location information like the source file etc.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClassDescription

public ClassDescription(java.lang.Class<?> describedClass,
                        java.lang.String source)

Create a new class description

Method Detail

getDescribedClass

public java.lang.Class<?> getDescribedClass()

Get the associated class.

Returns:

The associated class.

getSource

public java.lang.String getSource()

Get the location information like the source file etc.

Returns:

The location information.

add

public void add(AbstractDescription desc)

Add a new description

getDescriptions

public <T extends AbstractDescription> java.util.List<T> getDescriptions(java.lang.Class<T> descType)

Get all descriptions of that type.

Parameters:

descType - The description class.

Returns:

A list of found descriptions or the empty array.

getDescription

public <T extends AbstractDescription> T getDescription(java.lang.Class<T> descType)

Get the first description of that type

Parameters:

descType - The description class

Returns:

THe first description or null

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

clone

public ClassDescription clone()

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object