org.jpox.metadata.annotations
Class JPAAnnotationReader

java.lang.Object
  org.jpox.metadata.annotations.AbstractAnnotationReader
      org.jpox.metadata.annotations.JPAAnnotationReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

AnnotationReader

public class JPAAnnotationReader
extends AbstractAnnotationReader

Implementation for Annotation Reader for JDK 1.5 annotations using JPA's definition. This reader also accepts certain JPOX extensions where the JPA annotations dont provide full definition of the data required.

Version:

$Revision: 1.36.2.1 $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jpox.metadata.annotations.AbstractAnnotationReader

LOCALISER

Constructor Summary

JPAAnnotationReader(org.jpox.metadata.MetaDataManager mgr)
Constructor.

Method Summary

protected boolean	isClassPersistenceCapable(java.lang.Class cls) Check if class is persistence capable, by looking at annotations
protected org.jpox.metadata.ClassMetaData	processClassAnnotations(org.jpox.metadata.PackageMetaData pmd, java.lang.Class cls, AnnotationObject[] annotations) Method to process the "class" level annotations and create the outline ClassMetaData object
protected org.jpox.metadata.FieldMetaData	processFieldAnnotations(org.jpox.metadata.ClassMetaData cmd, java.lang.reflect.Field field, AnnotationObject[] annotations) Convenience method to process the annotations for a field.
protected void	processMethodAnnotations(org.jpox.metadata.ClassMetaData cmd, java.lang.reflect.Method method) Method to take the passed in outline ClassMetaData and process the annotations for method adding any necessary MetaData to the ClassMetaData.

Methods inherited from class org.jpox.metadata.annotations.AbstractAnnotationReader

getAnnotationObjectsForAnnotations, getClassAnnotationsForClass, getFieldAnnotationsForClass, getGettersAnnotationsForClass, getMetaDataForClass, getMethodAnnotationsForClass, getSupportedAnnotationPackages, isSupportedAnnotation, setSupportedAnnotationPackages

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

JPAAnnotationReader

public JPAAnnotationReader(org.jpox.metadata.MetaDataManager mgr)

Constructor.

Parameters:

mgr - MetaData manager

Method Detail

processClassAnnotations

protected org.jpox.metadata.ClassMetaData processClassAnnotations(org.jpox.metadata.PackageMetaData pmd,
                                                                  java.lang.Class cls,
                                                                  AnnotationObject[] annotations)

Method to process the "class" level annotations and create the outline ClassMetaData object

Specified by:

processClassAnnotations in class AbstractAnnotationReader

Parameters:

pmd - Parent PackageMetaData

cls - The class

annotations - Annotations for this class

Returns:

The ClassMetaData (or null if no annotations)

processFieldAnnotations

protected org.jpox.metadata.FieldMetaData processFieldAnnotations(org.jpox.metadata.ClassMetaData cmd,
                                                                  java.lang.reflect.Field field,
                                                                  AnnotationObject[] annotations)

Convenience method to process the annotations for a field. The passed annotations may have been specified on the field or on setter/getter methods for the field.

Specified by:

processFieldAnnotations in class AbstractAnnotationReader

Parameters:

cmd - The ClassMetaData to update

field - The field

annotations - The annotations for the field/method

Returns:

The FieldMetaData (if created)

processMethodAnnotations

protected void processMethodAnnotations(org.jpox.metadata.ClassMetaData cmd,
                                        java.lang.reflect.Method method)

Method to take the passed in outline ClassMetaData and process the annotations for method adding any necessary MetaData to the ClassMetaData.

Specified by:

processMethodAnnotations in class AbstractAnnotationReader

Parameters:

cmd - The ClassMetaData (to be updated)

method - The method

isClassPersistenceCapable

protected boolean isClassPersistenceCapable(java.lang.Class cls)

Check if class is persistence capable, by looking at annotations

Parameters:

cls - the Class

Returns:

true if the class has Entity annotation