Module io.helidon.common.processor

Package io.helidon.common.processor

Class AnnotationFactory

java.lang.Object

io.helidon.common.processor.AnnotationFactory

public final class AnnotationFactory
extends Object

Factory for annotations.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Annotation	createAnnotation(AnnotationMirror am, Elements elements)	Creates an instance from an annotation mirror during annotation processing.
static Set<Annotation>	createAnnotations(List<? extends AnnotationMirror> annoMirrors, Elements elements)	Creates a set of annotations using annotation processor.
static Set<Annotation>	createAnnotations(Element type, Elements elements)	Creates a set of annotations based using annotation processor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

createAnnotations

public static Set<Annotation> createAnnotations(List<? extends AnnotationMirror> annoMirrors,
 Elements elements)

Creates a set of annotations using annotation processor.

Parameters:

annoMirrors - the annotation type mirrors

elements - annotation processing element utils

Returns:

the annotation value set

createAnnotations

public static Set<Annotation> createAnnotations(Element type,
 Elements elements)

Creates a set of annotations based using annotation processor.

Parameters:

type - the enclosing/owing type element

elements - annotation processing element utils

Returns:

the annotation value set

createAnnotation

public static Annotation createAnnotation(AnnotationMirror am,
 Elements elements)

Creates an instance from an annotation mirror during annotation processing.

Parameters:

am - the annotation mirror

elements - the elements

Returns:

the new instance or empty if the annotation mirror passed is invalid