org.jboss.metadata.annotation.creator
Class AbstractCreator<MD>

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.metadata.annotation.creator.AbstractFinderUser
      org.jboss.metadata.annotation.creator.AbstractCreator<MD>

Direct Known Subclasses:

ApplicationClient5MetaDataCreator, EjbJar30Creator, JBoss50Creator, Web25MetaDataCreator

public abstract class AbstractCreator<MD>
extends AbstractFinderUser

A abstract base creator.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Emanuel Muckenhuber

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jboss.metadata.annotation.creator.AbstractFinderUser

finder

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractCreator(AnnotationFinder<AnnotatedElement> finder) The constructor.

Method Summary

void	addProcessor(Processor<MD,Class<?>> processor) Add a Class processor.
abstract MD	create(Collection<Class<?>> classes) Abstract create method of a Creator, MD>.
AnnotationContext	getAnnotationContext() Create a basic annotation context, based on the information of the added processors.
protected Collection<Class<? extends Annotation>>	getAnnotationsForScope(AbstractProcessor.Scope scope) Get annotations for a given Scope.
protected void	process(MD metaData, Class<?> type) Process the meta data.
protected <T extends MD> void	processMetaData(Collection<Class<?>> classes, T metaData) Process the meta data.
protected abstract boolean	validateClass(Class<?> clazz) Check a class if it needs to be processed.
protected Collection<Class<?>>	validateClasses(Collection<Class<?>> classes) Check a set of classes if further processing is needed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractCreator

protected AbstractCreator(AnnotationFinder<AnnotatedElement> finder)

The constructor.

Parameters:

finder - the AnnotationFinder

Method Detail

create

public abstract MD create(Collection<Class<?>> classes)

Abstract create method of a Creator, MD>.

Parameters:

element - the classes

Returns:

the metadata

processMetaData

protected <T extends MD> void processMetaData(Collection<Class<?>> classes,
                                              T metaData)

Process the meta data.

Parameters:

classes - the classes

metaData - the meta data

validateClass

protected abstract boolean validateClass(Class<?> clazz)

Check a class if it needs to be processed.

Parameters:

clazz - the Class

Returns:

if it needs to be further processed

validateClasses

protected Collection<Class<?>> validateClasses(Collection<Class<?>> classes)

Check a set of classes if further processing is needed.

Parameters:

classes - the classes

Returns:

a collection of checked classes

addProcessor

public void addProcessor(Processor<MD,Class<?>> processor)

Add a Class processor.

Parameters:

processor -

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

process

protected void process(MD metaData,
                       Class<?> type)

Process the meta data.

Parameters:

metaData - the meta data

type - a Class

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

getAnnotationsForScope

protected Collection<Class<? extends Annotation>> getAnnotationsForScope(AbstractProcessor.Scope scope)

Get annotations for a given Scope.

Parameters:

scope - the Scope

Returns:

the processed annotations

getAnnotationContext

public AnnotationContext getAnnotationContext()

Create a basic annotation context, based on the information of the added processors.

Returns:

the annotation context