org.hibernate.annotations.common.annotationfactory

Class AnnotationFactory

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.annotations.common.annotationfactory.AnnotationFactory

public class AnnotationFactory
extends Object

Creates live annotations (actually AnnotationProxies) from AnnotationDescriptors.

Author:

Paolo Perrotta, Davide Marchignoli

See Also:

AnnotationProxy

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AnnotationFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T extends Annotation> T	create(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor) Creates an Annotation proxy for the given annotation descriptor.
static <T extends Annotation> T	create(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor, ClassLoader classLoader) Overloaded form of Annotation proxy creation that accepts an explicit ClassLoader.
static <T extends Annotation> T	createUsingTccl(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor) Legacy form of {@link #create(AnnotationDescriptor) using the current Thread#getContextClassLoader for proxy generation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationFactory

public AnnotationFactory()

Method Detail

create

public static <T extends Annotation> T create(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor)

Creates an Annotation proxy for the given annotation descriptor.

NOTE: the proxy here is generated using the ClassLoader of the Annotation type's Class. E.g., if asked to create an Annotation proxy for javax.persistence.Entity we would use the ClassLoader of the javax.persistence.Entity Class for generating the proxy.

Parameters:

descriptor - The annotation descriptor

Returns:

The annotation proxy

createUsingTccl

public static <T extends Annotation> T createUsingTccl(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor)

Legacy form of {@link #create(AnnotationDescriptor) using the current Thread#getContextClassLoader for proxy generation

Parameters:

descriptor - The annotation descriptor

Returns:

The annotation proxy

create

public static <T extends Annotation> T create(AnnotationDescriptor descriptor,
                                              ClassLoader classLoader)

Overloaded form of Annotation proxy creation that accepts an explicit ClassLoader.

Parameters:

descriptor - The annotation descriptor

classLoader - The ClassLoader to be used in defining the proxy

Returns:

The annotation proxy