Package org.apache.tapestry5.commons

Interface AnnotationProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

BeanEditContext, Binding, Binding2, InternalPropBinding, InternalPropertyConduit, PropertyAdapter, PropertyConduit, PropertyConduit2, PropertyEditContext, PropertyModel

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBinding, AccessableObjectAnnotationProvider, AnnotationProviderChain, AssetBinding, AttributeExpansionBinding, BeanEditContextImpl, BlockBinding, 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

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T extends Annotation> T	getAnnotation(Class<T> annotationClass)	Searches for the specified annotation, returning the matching annotation instance.

Method Detail

getAnnotation

<T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(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