com.amazon.carbonado.util

Class AnnotationDescParser

java.lang.Object

com.amazon.carbonado.util.AnnotationDescParser

public class AnnotationDescParser
extends java.lang.Object

Parses an annotation descriptor String to a Cojen Annotation definition.

Author:

Brian S O'Neill

See Also:

AnnotationDescPrinter

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AnnotationDescParser(java.lang.String annotationString)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected org.cojen.classfile.attribute.Annotation	buildRootAnnotation(org.cojen.classfile.TypeDesc rootAnnotationType) Override this method if a root annotation is not provided, as it must be built after parsing the root annotation type.
org.cojen.classfile.attribute.Annotation	parse(org.cojen.classfile.attribute.Annotation rootAnnotation) Parses the given annotation, returning the root annotation that received the results.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationDescParser

public AnnotationDescParser(java.lang.String annotationString)

Parameters:

annotationString - annotation to parse

Method Detail

parse

public org.cojen.classfile.attribute.Annotation parse(org.cojen.classfile.attribute.Annotation rootAnnotation)

Parses the given annotation, returning the root annotation that received the results.

Parameters:

rootAnnotation - root annotation

Returns:

root annotation

Throws:

IllegalArgumentExcecption - if annotation is malformed

buildRootAnnotation

protected org.cojen.classfile.attribute.Annotation buildRootAnnotation(org.cojen.classfile.TypeDesc rootAnnotationType)

Override this method if a root annotation is not provided, as it must be built after parsing the root annotation type. By default, this method throws UnsupportedOperationException.