AnnotationLiteral

java.lang.Object
- org.glassfish.jersey.internal.inject.AnnotationLiteral<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the annotation type

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.annotation.Annotation

Direct Known Subclasses:

BackgroundSchedulerLiteral, ClientAsyncExecutorLiteral, ClientBackgroundSchedulerLiteral, CustomAnnotationLiteral, ManagedAsyncExecutorLiteral, SecurityAnnotations.DenyAllImpl, SecurityAnnotations.PermitAllImpl, SecurityAnnotations.RolesAllowedImpl
```
public abstract class AnnotationLiteral<T extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.annotation.Annotation, java.io.Serializable
```
Supports inline instantiation of annotation type instances.
An instance of an annotation type may be obtained by subclassing AnnotationLiteral.
```
 public abstract class PayByQualifier
       extends AnnotationLiteral<PayBy>
       implements PayBy {}
 
```
An extension of AnnotationLiteral must do two things:
1. Must have the target annotation as its generic type
2. Must implement the target type
In particular, in-line anonymous extensions of AnnotationLiteral will not work because in-line anonymous extensions of AnnotationLiteral cannot implement the target annotation
See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

private java.lang.Class<T> annotationType

private java.lang.reflect.Method[] members

private static long serialVersionUID

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected AnnotationLiteral()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>`	`annotationType()`	Method returns the type of the annotation literal.
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object other)`
`private static java.lang.Class<?>`	`getAnnotationLiteralSubclass(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)`
`private java.lang.reflect.Method[]`	`getMembers()`
`private static <T> java.lang.Class<T>`	`getTypeParameter(java.lang.Class<?> annotationLiteralSuperclass)`
`int`	`hashCode()`
`private static java.lang.Object`	`invoke(java.lang.reflect.Method method, java.lang.Object instance)`
`private static void`	`setAccessible(java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject ao)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation
toString

Field Detail

serialVersionUID
```
private static final long serialVersionUID
```
See Also:

Constant Field Values

annotationType

private transient java.lang.Class<T extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotationType

members

private transient java.lang.reflect.Method[] members

Constructor Detail
- AnnotationLiteral
```
protected AnnotationLiteral()
```

Method Detail

getAnnotationLiteralSubclass

private static java.lang.Class<?> getAnnotationLiteralSubclass(java.lang.Class<?> clazz)

getTypeParameter

private static <T> java.lang.Class<T> getTypeParameter(java.lang.Class<?> annotationLiteralSuperclass)

setAccessible

private static void setAccessible(java.lang.reflect.AccessibleObject ao)

invoke

private static java.lang.Object invoke(java.lang.reflect.Method method,
                                       java.lang.Object instance)

getMembers

private java.lang.reflect.Method[] getMembers()

annotationType
```
public java.lang.Class<? extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation> annotationType()
```
Method returns the type of the annotation literal. The value is resolved lazily during the first call of this method.

Specified by:

annotationType in interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation

Returns:

annotation type of this literal.

equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)
```
Specified by:

equals in interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
Specified by:

hashCode in interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object