org.jpox.metadata.annotations
Interface AnnotationReader

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAnnotationReader, JDOAnnotationReader, JPAAnnotationReader

public interface AnnotationReader

Interface defining the access to MetaData derived from Annotations. An annotation reader supports particular annotations packages.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Method Summary

org.jpox.metadata.ClassMetaData	getMetaDataForClass(java.lang.Class cls, org.jpox.metadata.PackageMetaData pmd) Method to get the ClassMetaData for a class from its annotations.
java.lang.String[]	getSupportedAnnotationPackages() Accessor for the annotations packages supported by this reader.

Method Detail

getSupportedAnnotationPackages

java.lang.String[] getSupportedAnnotationPackages()

Accessor for the annotations packages supported by this reader.

Returns:

The annotations packages that will be processed.

getMetaDataForClass

org.jpox.metadata.ClassMetaData getMetaDataForClass(java.lang.Class cls,
                                                    org.jpox.metadata.PackageMetaData pmd)

Method to get the ClassMetaData for a class from its annotations.

Parameters:

cls - The class

pmd - MetaData for the owning package (that this will be a child of)

Returns:

The ClassMetaData (unpopulated and unitialised)