Constructor Detail

• AnnotationDescParser

  public AnnotationDescParser(String annotationString)

  Parameters:

  annotationString - annotation to parse

Method Detail

• parse

  public Annotation parse(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 Annotation buildRootAnnotation(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.