org.lsst.ccs.commons.annotations.scanner

Class FieldAnnotationScanner<T extends Annotation>

java.lang.Object

org.lsst.ccs.commons.annotations.scanner.FieldAnnotationScanner<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the class of the annotation to scan.

public class FieldAnnotationScanner<T extends Annotation>
extends Object

An object that scans a given object's fields for the annotation of type T. TO-DO : keep a cache between successive invocations of scan

Author:

LSST CCS Team

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FieldAnnotationScanner(Class<T> annotation)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ReflectObject<T>	scan(Object target) Scans the given object for the field annotation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FieldAnnotationScanner

public FieldAnnotationScanner(Class<T> annotation)

Method Detail

scan

public ReflectObject<T> scan(Object target)

Scans the given object for the field annotation. Subclasses up to Object.class are scanned as well.

Parameters:

target - the object to scan.

Returns:

null if no annotations were found, a ReflectObject that represents the object with regards to the annotation otherwise.