org.castor.core.annotationprocessing
Interface TargetAwareAnnotationProcessor

All Superinterfaces:
AnnotationProcessor
All Known Implementing Classes:
BaseJPAAnnotationProcessor, JPABasicProcessor, JPAColumnProcessor, JPAEntityProcessor, JPAIdProcessor, JPAJoinColumnProcessor, JPAJoinTableProcessor, JPAManyToManyProcessor, JPAManyToOneProcessor, JPAOneToManyProcessor, JPAOneToOneProcessor, JPATableProcessor, JPATransientProcessor

public interface TargetAwareAnnotationProcessor
extends AnnotationProcessor

The interface each specific target-aware annotation processor has to fulfill.

Since:
1.3.1
Author:
Alexander Eibner, Peter Schmidt
See Also:
AnnotationProcessor

Method Summary
<I extends BaseNature,A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>
boolean
processAnnotation(I info, A annotation, java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement target)
          The processing action of this processor.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.castor.core.annotationprocessing.AnnotationProcessor
forAnnotationClass, processAnnotation
 

Method Detail

processAnnotation

<I extends BaseNature,A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> boolean processAnnotation(I info,
                                                                                           A annotation,
                                                                                           java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement target)
                          throws AnnotationTargetException
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
target - the target (Field, Class, etc.) of the given annotation
Returns:
true, if the annotation was processed successfully, false if not
Throws:
AnnotationTargetException - if an annotation is used in a context that is not valid.
See Also:
AnnotatedElement


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