Package org.hibernate.models.spi

Interface AnnotationDescriptorRegistry

All Known Subinterfaces:

MutableAnnotationDescriptorRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAnnotationDescriptorRegistry, AnnotationDescriptorRegistryStandard

public interface AnnotationDescriptorRegistry

Registry of descriptors for all known annotations

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	AnnotationDescriptorRegistry.DescriptorCreator<A extends Annotation>

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<A extends Annotation> AnnotationDescriptor<A>	getContainedRepeatableDescriptor(Class<A> javaType)	Shorthand for getRepeatableDescriptor( getDescriptor( javaType ) )
<A extends Annotation> AnnotationDescriptor<A>	getContainedRepeatableDescriptor(AnnotationDescriptor<A> descriptor)	Assuming the descriptor is a repeatable container, return the descriptor of the annotation for which it acts as a container.
<A extends Annotation> AnnotationDescriptor<A>	getDescriptor(Class<A> javaType)	Get the descriptor for the given annotation type, creating one if needed.
<A extends Annotation> AnnotationDescriptor<A>	resolveDescriptor(Class<A> javaType, AnnotationDescriptorRegistry.DescriptorCreator<A> creator)	Get the descriptor for the given annotation type, creating one via the creator if needed.

Method Details

getDescriptor

<A extends Annotation> AnnotationDescriptor<A> getDescriptor(Class<A> javaType)

Get the descriptor for the given annotation type, creating one if needed.

resolveDescriptor

<A extends Annotation> AnnotationDescriptor<A> resolveDescriptor(Class<A> javaType,
 AnnotationDescriptorRegistry.DescriptorCreator<A> creator)

Get the descriptor for the given annotation type, creating one via the creator if needed.

getContainedRepeatableDescriptor

<A extends Annotation> AnnotationDescriptor<A> getContainedRepeatableDescriptor(AnnotationDescriptor<A> descriptor)

Assuming the descriptor is a repeatable container, return the descriptor of the annotation for which it acts as a container.

getContainedRepeatableDescriptor

<A extends Annotation> AnnotationDescriptor<A> getContainedRepeatableDescriptor(Class<A> javaType)

Shorthand for getRepeatableDescriptor( getDescriptor( javaType ) )