org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.annotation
Class AnnotationElement

java.lang.Object
  org.codehaus.aspectwerkz.annotation.AnnotationElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class AnnotationElement
extends Object
implements Serializable

A structure for an Annotation element It wraps value behind an holder. The holder is the object itself (boxed) excepted for Class, for which it is a LazyClass.

Author:

Alexandre Vasseur

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

AnnotationElement.LazyClass A wrapper for a className, that will allow late loading of the actual Class object of an annotation value For array type, className is componentClassName([])*

Field Summary

protected boolean	isLazyClass true if we have a lasy class (optimization to avoid instance of at each get)
protected boolean	isLazyClassArray true if we have a lasy class array (N-dim) (optimization to avoid instance of at each get)

Constructor Summary

AnnotationElement(String name, Object valueHolder)
Build a new annotation element

Method Summary

Object	resolveValueHolderFrom(ClassLoader loader) Returns the actual holded element value
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the annotation element value Note that such a represention won't look like source code.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

isLazyClass

protected boolean isLazyClass

true if we have a lasy class (optimization to avoid instance of at each get)

isLazyClassArray

protected boolean isLazyClassArray

true if we have a lasy class array (N-dim) (optimization to avoid instance of at each get)

Constructor Detail

AnnotationElement

public AnnotationElement(String name,
                         Object valueHolder)

Build a new annotation element

Parameters:

name -

valueHolder -

Method Detail

resolveValueHolderFrom

public Object resolveValueHolderFrom(ClassLoader loader)

Returns the actual holded element value

Parameters:

loader - from which to resolve LazyClass. It should be the annotated element class loader

Returns:

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of the annotation element value Note that such a represention won't look like source code. (f.e. element String s() will not have quotes and escapes etc).

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns: